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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1942: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on April 12, 1942Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 April 1942386,909 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
386,909 km240,414 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 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.