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The Moon on Friday, April 18, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 2014Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 April 2014374,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 18, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
374,911 km232,959 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2014 is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 15, 201407:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 22, 201407:52

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Friday, April 18, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 2014 to the new moon of April 29, 2014, a cycle of 29.48 days.