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The Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 1948: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on April 7, 1948Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 April 1948400,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 7, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
400,009 km248,554 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1948 is on Thursday, March 25, 1948 at 03:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 9, 1948 at 13:17 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 1, 194810:25
New Moon (after)Friday, April 9, 194813:17

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Wednesday, April 7, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 1948 to the new moon of April 9, 1948, a cycle of 29.67 days.