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The Moon on Monday, April 12, 1943: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

First Quarter at

15:04UTC

Moon phase on April 12, 1943First Quarter

Monday 12 April 1943404,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 12, 1943, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.9% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,057 km251,069 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 4, 194321:53
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 12, 194315:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 20, 194311:11

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Monday, April 12, 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.