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The Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 1991Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 April 1991365,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 18, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
365,781 km227,285 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1991 is on Sunday, April 28, 1991 at 20:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 14, 199119:38
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 21, 199112:39

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Thursday, April 18, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 1991 to the new moon of May 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.37 days.