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The Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1942: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on April 9, 1942Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 April 1942376,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 9, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
376,499 km233,945 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 8, 194204:43
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 15, 194214:34

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Thursday, April 9, 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.