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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1938: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1938Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 August 1938361,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
361,527 km224,642 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 25, 1938 at 11:17 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 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.