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The Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1939: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

First Quarter at

18:25UTC

Moon phase on April 26, 1939First Quarter

Wednesday 26 April 1939370,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 26, 1939, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
370,264 km230,071 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 19, 193916:35
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 26, 193918:25
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 3, 193915:15

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Wednesday, April 26, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 1939 to the new moon of May 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.49 days.