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The Moon on Monday, April 11, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 11, 2016Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 April 2016369,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 11, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
369,258 km229,446 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Monday, April 11, 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.