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The Moon on Friday, April 21, 1944: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 1944Waning Crescent

Friday 21 April 1944363,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 21, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
363,889 km226,110 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1944 is on Saturday, April 8, 1944 at 17:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 22, 1944 at 20:44 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Friday, April 21, 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.