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The Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on April 14, 1940Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 April 1940382,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 14, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
382,123 km237,440 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Sunday, April 14, 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.