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The Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1938: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

First Quarter at

15:10UTC

Moon phase on April 7, 1938First Quarter

Thursday 7 April 1938370,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 7, 1938, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
370,347 km230,123 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 31, 193818:52
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 7, 193815:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 14, 193818:21

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Thursday, April 7, 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.