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The Moon on Friday, April 1, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

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Moon phase on April 1, 1938Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 April 1938374,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 1, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
374,558 km232,740 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 31, 193818:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 7, 193815:10

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Friday, April 1, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1938 to the new moon of April 30, 1938, a cycle of 29.44 days.