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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1926: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on April 8, 1926Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 April 1926365,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
365,502 km227,112 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1926 is on Monday, March 29, 1926 at 10:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 1926 at 12:56 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 5, 192620:50
New Moon (after)Monday, April 12, 192612:56

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 1926 to the new moon of April 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.40 days.