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The Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1930: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

First Quarter at

11:25UTC

Moon phase on April 6, 1930First Quarter

Sunday 6 April 1930370,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 6, 1930, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
370,728 km230,359 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1930 is on Sunday, April 13, 1930 at 05:48 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 1930 at 05:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 30, 193005:46
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 6, 193011:25
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 13, 193005:48

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Sunday, April 6, 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.