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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 1938Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 August 1938383,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
383,665 km238,398 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1938 is on Friday, September 9, 1938 at 20:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 25, 1938 at 11:17 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 25, 193811:17
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 1, 193817:28

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1938 to the new moon of September 23, 1938, a cycle of 29.39 days.