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The Moon on Monday, August 1, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 1, 1938Waxing Crescent

Monday 1 August 1938384,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 1, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.1% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
384,050 km238,638 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Monday, August 1, 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.