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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on April 28, 1933Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 April 1933405,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
405,915 km252,224 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 24, 1933 at 18:38 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 24, 193318:38
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 2, 193322:39

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1933 to the new moon of May 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.