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The Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on April 1, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 April 1944399,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 1, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
399,897 km248,484 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1944 is on Saturday, April 8, 1944 at 17:22 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 31, 194412:34
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 8, 194417:22

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Saturday, April 1, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 1944 to the new moon of April 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.38 days.