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The Moon on Friday, April 23, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on April 23, 1909Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 April 1909376,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 23, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
376,432 km233,904 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 20, 1909 at 04:51 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Friday, April 23, 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.