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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on April 5, 1930Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 April 1930372,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
372,906 km231,713 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1930 is on Sunday, April 13, 1930 at 05:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 1930 at 05:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 30, 193005:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 6, 193011:25

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1930 to the new moon of April 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.56 days.