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The Moon on Sunday, April 18, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 2010Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 April 2010379,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 18, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
379,500 km235,811 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 14, 201012:29
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 21, 201018:20

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Sunday, April 18, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2010 to the new moon of May 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.52 days.