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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 April 1938382,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
382,034 km237,385 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 7, 193815:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 14, 193818:21

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 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.