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The Moon on Saturday, April 13, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on April 13, 1940Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 April 1940386,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 13, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
386,701 km240,285 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Saturday, April 13, 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.