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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 April 1926404,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
404,450 km251,314 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 1926 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 19, 192623:23
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 28, 192600:17

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.