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The Moon on Saturday, April 7, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on April 7, 2018Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 April 2018403,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 7, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.7% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
403,786 km250,901 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Saturday, April 7, 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.