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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1921: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 1921Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 April 1921397,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
397,432 km246,953 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1921 is on Wednesday, March 23, 1921 at 20:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 1921 at 09:05 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 31, 192109:13
New Moon (after)Friday, April 8, 192109:05

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1921 to the new moon of April 8, 1921, a cycle of 29.62 days.