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The Moon on Friday, April 23, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on April 23, 1943Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 April 1943370,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
370,962 km230,505 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 20, 194311:11
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 27, 194307:51

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Friday, April 23, 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.