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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1938: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on September 22, 1938Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 September 1938368,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
368,693 km229,095 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1938 is on Friday, September 9, 1938 at 20:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 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.