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The Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on April 6, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 April 1944404,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 6, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
404,233 km251,179 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1944 is on Saturday, April 8, 1944 at 17:22 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Thursday, April 6, 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.