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The Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 5, 1911Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 April 1911370,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 5, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
370,130 km229,988 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1911 is on Thursday, April 13, 1911 at 14:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 30, 1911 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Wednesday, April 5, 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.