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The Moon on Friday, April 21, 2045: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on April 21, 2045Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 April 2045372,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 21, 2045, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
372,790 km231,641 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2045 is on Monday, May 1, 2045 at 05:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 2045 at 07:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 17, 204507:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 24, 204507:12

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Friday, April 21, 2045 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2045 to the new moon of May 16, 2045, a cycle of 29.46 days.