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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 21, 1909Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 April 1909365,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
365,833 km227,318 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 20, 1909 at 04:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 20, 190904:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 27, 190908:36

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1909 to the new moon of May 19, 1909, a cycle of 29.37 days.