Waning · 94.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°
Moon age
16.1days
Moon phase on April 21, 2019Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, April 21, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
377,570 km234,611 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 21, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, April 19, 2019 | 11:12 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, April 26, 2019 | 22:19 |
The Moon around April 21
More about this date
Sunday, April 21, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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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.