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The Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 2, 1911Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 April 1911365,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 2, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
365,238 km226,948 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1911 is on Thursday, April 13, 1911 at 14:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 30, 1911 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 30, 191112:38
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 6, 191105:55

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Sunday, April 2, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1911 to the new moon of April 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.41 days.