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The Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on April 4, 1942Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 April 1942364,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 4, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
364,789 km226,669 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Saturday, April 4, 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.