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The Moon on Friday, April 8, 1932: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on April 8, 1932Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 April 1932405,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 8, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
405,889 km252,207 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1932 is on Wednesday, April 20, 1932 at 21:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 6, 1932 at 01:21 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 6, 193201:21
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 14, 193203:16

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Friday, April 8, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1932 to the new moon of May 5, 1932, a cycle of 29.70 days.