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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 April 1945399,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.1% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
399,066 km247,968 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 12, 1945 at 12:30 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 19, 194507:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 27, 194510:33

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1945 to the new moon of May 11, 1945, a cycle of 29.33 days.