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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on April 28, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 April 1939369,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.6% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
369,219 km229,422 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 26, 193918:25
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 3, 193915:15

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.