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The Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 2, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 April 1944402,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 2, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
402,933 km250,371 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1944 is on Saturday, April 8, 1944 at 17:22 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Sunday, April 2, 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.