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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on April 27, 1944Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 April 1944390,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
390,169 km242,440 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 22, 1944 at 20:44 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 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.