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The Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on April 22, 1928Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 April 1928360,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 22, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,393 km223,938 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 20, 192805:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 26, 192821:42

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Sunday, April 22, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1928 to the new moon of May 19, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.