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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1938: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on July 22, 1938Waning Crescent

Friday 22 July 1938370,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
370,353 km230,126 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 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.