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The Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on April 1, 2021Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 April 2021364,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 1, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
364,169 km226,284 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 28, 202118:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 4, 202110:03

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Thursday, April 1, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 13, 2021 to the new moon of April 12, 2021, a cycle of 29.67 days.