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The Moon on Friday, August 19, 1938: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 19, 1938Waning Crescent

Friday 19 August 1938372,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 19, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
372,380 km231,386 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 25, 1938 at 11:17 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 18, 193820:30
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 25, 193811:17

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Friday, August 19, 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.