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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 2011: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on April 29, 2011Waning Crescent

Friday 29 April 2011406,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
406,000 km252,277 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.