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The Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on September 15, 1938Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 September 1938375,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 15, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
375,656 km233,422 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1938 is on Friday, September 9, 1938 at 20:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 9, 193820:08
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 17, 193803:12

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Thursday, September 15, 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.