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The Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on April 2, 1933Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 April 1933402,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 2, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
402,724 km250,241 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1933 is on Monday, April 10, 1933 at 13:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 26, 1933 at 03:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 26, 193303:20
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 3, 193305:56

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Sunday, April 2, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 1933 to the new moon of April 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.