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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1991: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

First Quarter at

12:39UTC

Moon phase on April 21, 1991First Quarter

Sunday 21 April 1991371,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 1991, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
371,956 km231,123 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1991 is on Sunday, April 28, 1991 at 20:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 14, 199119:38
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 21, 199112:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 28, 199120:59

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 1991 to the new moon of May 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.37 days.