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The Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1938: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on October 22, 1938Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 October 1938380,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 22, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
380,431 km236,389 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 23, 1938 at 08:42 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Saturday, October 22, 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.