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The Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 1926Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 April 1926397,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 18, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.1% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
397,233 km246,829 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 1926 at 12:56 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 12, 192612:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 19, 192623:23

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Sunday, April 18, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.