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The Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on April 2, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 April 1939365,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 2, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
365,022 km226,814 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 28, 193912:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 4, 193904:18

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Sunday, April 2, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1939 to the new moon of April 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.62 days.