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The Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on November 6, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 November 1938378,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 6, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
378,478 km235,175 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1938 is on Monday, November 7, 1938 at 22:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 23, 1938 at 08:42 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Sunday, November 6, 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.