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The Moon on Friday, June 21, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on June 21, 1901Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 June 1901390,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 21, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
390,735 km242,791 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1901 is on Monday, July 1, 1901 at 23:18 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1901 at 13:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 16, 190113:33
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 23, 190120:59

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Friday, June 21, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 1901 to the new moon of July 15, 1901, a cycle of 29.36 days.