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The Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1942: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Last Quarter at

04:43UTC

Moon phase on April 8, 1942Last Quarter

Wednesday 8 April 1942373,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 8, 1942, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
373,171 km231,878 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 1, 194212:32
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 8, 194204:43
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 15, 194214:34

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Wednesday, April 8, 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.