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The Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1939: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on April 18, 1939Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 April 1939392,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 18, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
392,171 km243,684 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Tuesday, April 18, 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.