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The Moon on Friday, April 8, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on April 8, 2016Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 April 2016357,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 8, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
357,732 km222,284 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 7, 201611:24
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 14, 201604:00

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Friday, April 8, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2016 to the new moon of May 6, 2016, a cycle of 29.34 days.