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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 1948: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

New Moon at

13:17UTC

Moon phase on April 9, 1948New Moon

Friday 9 April 1948393,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 1948, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
393,615 km244,581 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 9, 1948 at 13:17 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 1, 194810:25
New Moon (this day)Friday, April 9, 194813:17
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 16, 194819:42

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 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.