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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1938: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Last Quarter at

01:17UTC

Moon phase on December 14, 1938Last Quarter

Wednesday 14 December 1938377,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 1938, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
377,812 km234,761 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1938 is on Wednesday, December 7, 1938 at 10:22 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 21, 1938 at 18:07 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 7, 193810:22
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 14, 193801:17
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 21, 193818:07

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 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.