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The Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on August 7, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 August 1938405,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 7, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
405,608 km252,033 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Sunday, August 7, 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.