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The Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 5, 1908Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 April 1908390,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 5, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
390,087 km242,389 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1908 is on Thursday, April 16, 1908 at 16:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 1, 1908 at 05:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 1, 190805:02
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 8, 190816:31

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Sunday, April 5, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 1908 to the new moon of April 30, 1908, a cycle of 29.44 days.