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The Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2011: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on April 26, 2011Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 April 2011400,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 26, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
400,483 km248,848 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 25, 201102:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 3, 201106:51

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Tuesday, April 26, 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.