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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2001: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on April 18, 2001Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 April 2001403,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
403,557 km250,759 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 15, 200115:31
New Moon (after)Monday, April 23, 200115:26

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 2001 to the new moon of April 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.59 days.