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The Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on April 15, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 April 1943400,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 15, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
400,049 km248,579 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 12, 194315:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 20, 194311:11

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Thursday, April 15, 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.