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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 1938Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 August 1938389,325 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
389,325 km241,915 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 25, 1938 at 11:17 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 11, 193805:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 18, 193820:30

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 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.