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The Moon on Sunday, April 10, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on April 10, 2011Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 April 2011385,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 10, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
385,305 km239,417 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 3, 201114:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 11, 201112:06

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Sunday, April 10, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 2011 to the new moon of May 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.68 days.