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The Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on September 27, 1938Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 September 1938390,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 27, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
390,036 km242,357 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 23, 193820:34
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 1, 193811:45

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Tuesday, September 27, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1938 to the new moon of October 23, 1938, a cycle of 29.51 days.