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The Moon on Monday, April 2, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on April 2, 2018Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 April 2018387,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 2, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
387,067 km240,512 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 31, 201812:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 8, 201807:18

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Monday, April 2, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 17, 2018 to the new moon of April 16, 2018, a cycle of 29.53 days.