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The Moon on Friday, April 1, 2011: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on April 1, 2011Waning Crescent

Friday 1 April 2011406,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 1, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
406,368 km252,506 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 26, 201112:08
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 3, 201114:33

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Friday, April 1, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 2011 to the new moon of April 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.74 days.