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The Moon on Friday, April 19, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 19, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 April 1940361,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 19, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
361,367 km224,543 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 15, 194013:46
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 22, 194004:37

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Friday, April 19, 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.