Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on April 6, 1919Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 April 1919374,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 6, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
374,049 km232,423 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1919 is on Tuesday, April 15, 1919 at 08:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 31, 1919 at 21:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Sunday, April 6, 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.