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The Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on April 21, 1931Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 April 1931390,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 21, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
390,031 km242,354 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 18, 193101:00
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 25, 193113:40

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Tuesday, April 21, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1931 to the new moon of May 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.60 days.