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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2010: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on April 8, 2010Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 April 2010404,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
404,767 km251,510 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 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.