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The Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 2072Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 April 2072381,797 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 21, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
381,797 km237,237 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 18, 207211:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 25, 207216:35

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Thursday, April 21, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2072 to the new moon of May 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.51 days.