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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on April 28, 1944Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 April 1944395,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
395,138 km245,527 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 22, 1944 at 20:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.