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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2013: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on April 9, 2013Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 April 2013389,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
389,045 km241,741 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 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.