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The Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 1944Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 April 1944387,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 12, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
387,427 km240,736 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1944 is on Saturday, April 8, 1944 at 17:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 22, 1944 at 20:44 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 8, 194417:22
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 16, 194404:59

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Wednesday, April 12, 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.