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The Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on April 2, 1942Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 April 1942366,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 2, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
366,719 km227,869 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 1, 194212:32
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 8, 194204:43

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Thursday, April 2, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1942 to the new moon of April 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.61 days.