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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 2007Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 April 2007372,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
372,354 km231,370 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2007 is on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 10:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 11:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 17, 200711:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 24, 200706:36

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2007 to the new moon of May 16, 2007, a cycle of 29.33 days.