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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 21, 1928Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 April 1928358,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
358,189 km222,569 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 20, 192805:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 26, 192821:42

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1928 to the new moon of May 19, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.