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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 1984Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 April 1984374,475 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
374,475 km232,688 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1984 is on Sunday, April 15, 1984 at 19:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 1984 at 03:46 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 15, 198419:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 23, 198400:26

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 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.