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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 1940Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 April 1940390,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
390,898 km242,892 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 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.