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The Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on April 30, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 April 1939370,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 30, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
370,736 km230,365 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Sunday, April 30, 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.