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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 9, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 August 1938405,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
405,024 km251,670 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 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.