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The Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on April 26, 1944Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 April 1944384,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 26, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
384,680 km239,029 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 22, 1944 at 20:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 22, 194420:44
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 30, 194406:07

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Wednesday, April 26, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1944 to the new moon of May 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.