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The Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on April 18, 2017Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 April 2017400,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
400,229 km248,691 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 11, 201706:08
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 19, 201709:57

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 2017 to the new moon of April 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.39 days.