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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1928: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on April 18, 1928Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 April 1928362,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
362,655 km225,343 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1928 is on Thursday, April 5, 1928 at 03:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 13, 192808:09
New Moon (after)Friday, April 20, 192805:25

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1928 to the new moon of April 20, 1928, a cycle of 29.37 days.