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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 1941: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on April 23, 1941Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 April 1941403,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
403,351 km250,630 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1941 is on Friday, April 11, 1941 at 21:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 1941 at 13:24 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 18, 194113:03
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 26, 194113:24

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 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.