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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1938: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on July 21, 1938Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 July 1938375,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.4% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
375,793 km233,507 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 20, 193812:19
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 27, 193803:54

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1938 to the new moon of July 27, 1938, a cycle of 29.28 days.