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The Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on April 18, 1999Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 April 1999360,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 18, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,312 km223,888 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 16, 199904:22
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 22, 199919:02

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Sunday, April 18, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1999 to the new moon of May 15, 1999, a cycle of 29.32 days.