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The Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on April 3, 1941Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 April 1941398,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 3, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
398,305 km247,495 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1941 is on Friday, April 11, 1941 at 21:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 27, 1941 at 20:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 27, 194120:14
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 5, 194100:12

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Thursday, April 3, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 27, 1941 to the new moon of April 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.72 days.