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The Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1938: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 1938Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 December 1938400,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 20, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
400,067 km248,590 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1938 is on Wednesday, December 7, 1938 at 10:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 21, 1938 at 18:07 UTC, 1 day later.

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Tuesday, December 20, 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.