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The Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on July 6, 1921Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 July 1921358,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 6, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
358,741 km222,911 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1921 is on Wednesday, July 20, 1921 at 00:07 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 5, 1921 at 13:36 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 5, 192113:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 12, 192104:15

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Wednesday, July 6, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1921 to the new moon of August 3, 1921, a cycle of 29.28 days.