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The Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 2010: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on April 7, 2010Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 April 2010403,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 7, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,415 km250,670 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 6, 201009:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 14, 201012:29

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 2010 to the new moon of April 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.64 days.