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The Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 10, 1940Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 April 1940397,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 10, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
397,897 km247,242 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 7, 194020:19
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 15, 194013:46

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Wednesday, April 10, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1940 to the new moon of May 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.66 days.