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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2014: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 23, 2014Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 April 2014369,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,814 km229,792 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2014 is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:42 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 22, 201407:52
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 29, 201406:14

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 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.