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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 2016: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 5, 2016Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 April 2016361,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
361,894 km224,871 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 31, 201615:17
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 7, 201611:24

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 2016 to the new moon of April 7, 2016, a cycle of 29.40 days.