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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2009: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on April 18, 2009Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 April 2009401,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
401,375 km249,403 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 17, 200913:37
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 25, 200903:23

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2009 to the new moon of April 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.47 days.