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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1928: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

First Quarter at

21:42UTC

Moon phase on April 26, 1928First Quarter

Thursday 26 April 1928380,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 1928, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
380,206 km236,249 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 20, 192805:25
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 26, 192821:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 4, 192820:12

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 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.