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The Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on April 3, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 3 April 1928399,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 3, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
399,125 km248,004 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1928 is on Thursday, April 5, 1928 at 03:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 21, 1928 at 20:29 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 28, 192811:54
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 5, 192803:38

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Tuesday, April 3, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1928 to the new moon of April 20, 1928, a cycle of 29.37 days.