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The Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on November 3, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 November 1938393,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 3, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
393,633 km244,592 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1938 is on Monday, November 7, 1938 at 22:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 23, 1938 at 08:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 31, 193807:45
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 7, 193822:23

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Thursday, November 3, 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.