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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on April 21, 1901Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 April 1901363,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
363,486 km225,860 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 18, 1901 at 21:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 18, 190121:37
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 25, 190116:15

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1901 to the new moon of May 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.