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The Moon on Sunday, April 11, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on April 11, 1948Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 April 1948386,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 11, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
386,673 km240,267 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 9, 1948 at 13:17 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Sunday, April 11, 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.