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The Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on August 4, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 August 1938399,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 4, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.9% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
399,253 km248,085 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 3, 193802:00
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 11, 193805:57

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Thursday, August 4, 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.