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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on April 21, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 April 2021384,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
384,324 km238,808 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 20, 202106:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 27, 202103:32

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 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.