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The Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on November 12, 1938Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 November 1938367,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 12, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
367,239 km228,192 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1938 is on Monday, November 7, 1938 at 22:23 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 22, 1938 at 00:05 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 7, 193822:23
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 14, 193816:20

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Saturday, November 12, 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.