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The Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1938: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1938Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 September 1938366,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 20, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
366,528 km227,750 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1938 is on Friday, September 9, 1938 at 20:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 17, 193803:12
New Moon (after)Friday, September 23, 193820:34

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Tuesday, September 20, 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.