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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 1912Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 April 1912370,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
370,086 km229,960 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1912 is on Wednesday, May 1, 1912 at 10:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1912 at 11:40 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 17, 191211:40
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 24, 191208:47

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1912 to the new moon of May 16, 1912, a cycle of 29.44 days.