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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1934: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

First Quarter at

21:21UTC

Moon phase on April 21, 1934First Quarter

Saturday 21 April 1934404,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 1934, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
404,089 km251,089 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1934 is on Sunday, April 29, 1934 at 12:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 13, 1934 at 23:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 13, 193423:57
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 21, 193421:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 29, 193412:45

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1934 to the new moon of May 13, 1934, a cycle of 29.52 days.