Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°
Moon age
5.3days
Moon phase on April 21, 1999Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, April 21, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
372,168 km231,255 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 21, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, April 16, 1999 | 04:22 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, April 22, 1999 | 19:02 |
The Moon around April 21
More about this date
Wednesday, April 21, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1999 to the new moon of May 15, 1999, a cycle of 29.32 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1999, or the whole moon calendar 1999.
- The same date one year apart: 1998 · 2000.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.