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The Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on October 13, 1938Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 October 1938372,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 13, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
372,066 km231,191 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 23, 1938 at 08:42 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 9, 193809:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 16, 193809:24

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Thursday, October 13, 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.