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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 1918: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 1918Waning Crescent

Friday 5 April 1918375,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
375,497 km233,323 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1918 is on Wednesday, March 27, 1918 at 15:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 11, 1918 at 04:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 4, 191813:33
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 11, 191804:34

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1918 to the new moon of April 11, 1918, a cycle of 29.36 days.