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The Moon on Friday, April 21, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on April 21, 1950Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 April 1950403,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 21, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
403,584 km250,775 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 17, 195008:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 25, 195010:40

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Friday, April 21, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1950 to the new moon of May 17, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.