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The Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1944: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on April 20, 1944Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 April 1944363,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 20, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
363,317 km225,754 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1944 is on Saturday, April 8, 1944 at 17:22 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 22, 1944 at 20:44 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 16, 194404:59
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 22, 194420:44

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Thursday, April 20, 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.