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The Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 1939: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on April 12, 1939Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 April 1939404,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 12, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
404,165 km251,137 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 11, 193916:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 19, 193916:35

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Wednesday, April 12, 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.