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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 2013: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 2013Waning Crescent

Friday 5 April 2013376,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
376,441 km233,909 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 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.