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The Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 2013: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Last Quarter at

04:37UTC

Moon phase on April 3, 2013Last Quarter

Wednesday 3 April 2013371,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
371,559 km230,876 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 27, 201309:27
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 3, 201304:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 10, 201309:36

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 11, 2013 to the new moon of April 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.