New moon dates 1938
- 1938: 13 × new moon — 1 January 1938, 31 January 1938, 2 March 1938, 31 March 1938, 30 April 1938, 29 May 1938, 27 June 1938, 27 July 1938, 25 August 1938, 23 September 1938, 23 October 1938, 22 November 1938, 21 December 1938.
New moon dates 1938
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 Jan | 18:57 | passed |
| Mon 31 Jan | 13:34 | passed |
| Wed 2 Mar | 05:39 | passed |
| Thu 31 Mar | 18:51 | passed |
| Sat 30 Apr | 05:26 | passed |
| Sun 29 May | 13:58 | passed |
| Mon 27 Jun | 21:09 | passed |
| Wed 27 Jul | 03:52 | passed |
| Thu 25 Aug | 11:16 | passed |
| Fri 23 Sep | 20:32 | passed |
| Sun 23 Oct | 08:41 | passed |
| Tue 22 Nov | 00:03 | passed |
| Wed 21 Dec | 18:06 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.