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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 1945Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 April 1945403,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
403,506 km250,727 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 27, 194510:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 5, 194506:02

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1945 to the new moon of May 11, 1945, a cycle of 29.33 days.