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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1938: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on July 24, 1938Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 July 1938361,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,477 km224,612 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1938 is on Tuesday, July 12, 1938 at 15:05 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 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.