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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2012: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on April 18, 2012Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 April 2012401,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
401,044 km249,197 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 13, 201210:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 21, 201207:19

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 2012 to the new moon of April 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.70 days.