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The Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on April 5, 1942Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 April 1942365,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 5, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
365,672 km227,218 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Sunday, April 5, 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.