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The Moon on Friday, April 24, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on April 24, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 April 1942394,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 24, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
394,575 km245,177 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 23, 194218:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 30, 194222:00

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Friday, April 24, 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.