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The Moon on Tuesday, April 13, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on April 13, 2021Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 April 2021405,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
405,520 km251,978 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 12, 202102:31
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 20, 202106:59

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2021 to the new moon of May 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.69 days.