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The Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on April 11, 1940Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 April 1940394,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 11, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
394,639 km245,217 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Thursday, April 11, 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.