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The Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on October 30, 1938Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 October 1938404,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 30, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
404,437 km251,305 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1938 is on Monday, November 7, 1938 at 22:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 23, 1938 at 08:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 23, 193808:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 31, 193807:45

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Sunday, October 30, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1938 to the new moon of November 22, 1938, a cycle of 29.64 days.