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The Moon on Friday, October 21, 1938: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 1938Waning Crescent

Friday 21 October 1938377,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 21, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
377,194 km234,378 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 23, 1938 at 08:42 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 16, 193809:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 23, 193808:42

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Friday, October 21, 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.