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The Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1924: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on April 6, 1924Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 April 1924403,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 6, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
403,466 km250,702 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1924 is on Saturday, April 19, 1924 at 14:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 4, 1924 at 07:17 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 4, 192407:17
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 12, 192411:12

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Sunday, April 6, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1924 to the new moon of May 3, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.