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The Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on July 21, 1901Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 July 1901399,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 21, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
399,733 km248,382 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1901 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1901 at 10:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1901 at 22:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 15, 190122:11
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 23, 190113:58

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Sunday, July 21, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1901 to the new moon of August 14, 1901, a cycle of 29.43 days.