Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 31, 1938Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 July 1938377,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
377,884 km234,806 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 27, 193803:54
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 3, 193802:00

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1938 to the new moon of August 25, 1938, a cycle of 29.31 days.