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The Moon on Friday, September 16, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on September 16, 1938Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 September 1938372,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 16, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
372,882 km231,698 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1938 is on Friday, September 9, 1938 at 20:08 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Friday, September 16, 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.