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The Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on April 4, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 April 2018395,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
395,900 km246,001 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Wednesday, April 4, 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.