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The Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on December 3, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 December 1938382,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 3, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
382,445 km237,640 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1938 is on Wednesday, December 7, 1938 at 10:22 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 22, 1938 at 00:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Saturday, December 3, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 1938 to the new moon of December 21, 1938, a cycle of 29.75 days.