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The Moon on Saturday, April 10, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on April 10, 1948Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 April 1948390,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 10, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
390,138 km242,420 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 9, 1948 at 13:17 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 9, 194813:17
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 16, 194819:42

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Saturday, April 10, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1948 to the new moon of May 9, 1948, a cycle of 29.55 days.