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The Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1938: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on April 26, 1938Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 April 1938385,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 26, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
385,453 km239,509 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 1938 at 05:28 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 22, 193820:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 30, 193805:28

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Tuesday, April 26, 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.