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The Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 2021: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on April 7, 2021Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 April 2021390,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
390,338 km242,545 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Wednesday, April 7, 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.