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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2001: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 21, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 April 2001395,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
395,256 km245,601 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 15, 200115:31
New Moon (after)Monday, April 23, 200115:26

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 2001 to the new moon of April 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.59 days.