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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on October 7, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 October 1938391,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
391,251 km243,112 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 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.