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The Moon on Friday, April 23, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on April 23, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 April 1937401,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 23, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
401,115 km249,241 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1937 is on Sunday, April 25, 1937 at 15:24 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 11, 1937 at 05:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 17, 193720:34
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 25, 193715:24

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Friday, April 23, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1937 to the new moon of May 10, 1937, a cycle of 29.34 days.