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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1917: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

New Moon at

14:01UTC

Moon phase on April 21, 1917New Moon

Saturday 21 April 1917373,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 1917, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
373,049 km231,802 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 14, 191720:12
New Moon (this day)Saturday, April 21, 191714:01
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 29, 191705:22

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1917 to the new moon of April 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.41 days.