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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on April 8, 1943Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 April 1943392,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
392,839 km244,099 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 4, 194321:53
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 12, 194315:04

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1943 to the new moon of May 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.49 days.