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The Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1942: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

First Quarter at

18:10UTC

Moon phase on April 23, 1942First Quarter

Thursday 23 April 1942398,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 23, 1942, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
398,986 km247,918 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 15, 194214:34
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 23, 194218:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 30, 194222:00

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Thursday, April 23, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1942 to the new moon of May 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.