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The Moon on Monday, April 23, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 23, 2007Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 April 2007384,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 23, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
384,635 km239,001 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2007 is on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 10:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 11:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 17, 200711:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 24, 200706:36

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Monday, April 23, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2007 to the new moon of May 16, 2007, a cycle of 29.33 days.