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The Moon on Monday, August 22, 1938: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on August 22, 1938Waning Crescent

Monday 22 August 1938362,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 22, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
362,598 km225,308 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 25, 1938 at 11:17 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Monday, August 22, 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.