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The Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on April 23, 1901Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 April 1901374,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 23, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
374,456 km232,676 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 18, 1901 at 21:37 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Tuesday, April 23, 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.