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The Moon on Monday, December 26, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on December 26, 1938Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 December 1938404,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 26, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
404,917 km251,604 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1938 is on Thursday, January 5, 1939 at 21:30 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 21, 1938 at 18:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Monday, December 26, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 1938 to the new moon of January 20, 1939, a cycle of 29.81 days.