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The Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on April 26, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 April 1942383,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 26, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
383,370 km238,215 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Sunday, April 26, 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.