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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on April 5, 1919Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 April 1919368,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
368,970 km229,267 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1919 is on Tuesday, April 15, 1919 at 08:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 31, 1919 at 21:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 31, 191921:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 7, 191912:38

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1919 to the new moon of April 30, 1919, a cycle of 29.35 days.