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The Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1943: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 1, 1943Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 April 1943368,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 1, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
368,586 km229,029 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 29, 194301:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 4, 194321:53

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Thursday, April 1, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1943 to the new moon of April 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.47 days.