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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1938: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on July 23, 1938Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 July 1938365,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
365,428 km227,067 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.