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The Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on November 5, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 November 1938383,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 5, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
383,511 km238,302 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1938 is on Monday, November 7, 1938 at 22:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 23, 1938 at 08:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Saturday, November 5, 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.