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The Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on September 29, 1938Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 September 1938398,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 29, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
398,808 km247,808 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Thursday, September 29, 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.