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The Moon on Monday, April 4, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on April 4, 1938Waxing Crescent

Monday 4 April 1938368,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 4, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
368,755 km229,133 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Monday, April 4, 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.