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The Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1938: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on November 20, 1938Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 November 1938389,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 20, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
389,488 km242,017 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1938 is on Monday, November 7, 1938 at 22:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 22, 1938 at 00:05 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 14, 193816:20
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 22, 193800:05

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Sunday, November 20, 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.