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The Moon on Friday, April 6, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 6, 1984Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 April 1984388,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 6, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
388,007 km241,096 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1984 is on Sunday, April 15, 1984 at 19:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 1, 1984 at 12:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 1, 198412:10
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 9, 198404:52

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Friday, April 6, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.65 days.