Waxing · 34.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°
Moon age
6.5days
Moon phase on April 21, 2056Waxing Crescent
On Friday, April 21, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 34.4% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
34.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
393,879 km244,745 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 21, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, April 14, 2056 | 23:51 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, April 23, 2056 | 01:34 |
The Moon around April 21
More about this date
Friday, April 21, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2056 to the new moon of May 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.68 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2056, or the whole moon calendar 2056.
- The same date one year apart: 2055 · 2057.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.