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The Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1904: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on April 21, 1904Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 April 1904376,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 21, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
376,443 km233,911 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1904 is on Friday, April 29, 1904 at 22:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 15, 1904 at 21:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 15, 190421:53
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 23, 190404:55

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Thursday, April 21, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1904 to the new moon of May 15, 1904, a cycle of 29.55 days.