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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 1940: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 5, 1940Waning Crescent

Friday 5 April 1940406,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
406,296 km252,460 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1940 is on Saturday, March 23, 1940 at 19:33 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 30, 194016:20
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 7, 194020:19

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1940 to the new moon of April 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.75 days.