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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on April 9, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 April 1943397,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
397,054 km246,718 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 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.