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The Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on October 4, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 October 1938401,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 4, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
401,736 km249,627 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 1, 193811:45
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 9, 193809:37

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Tuesday, October 4, 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.