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The Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2021: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on April 6, 2021Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 April 2021386,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
386,186 km239,965 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 4, 202110:03
New Moon (after)Monday, April 12, 202102:31

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Tuesday, April 6, 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.