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The Moon on Sunday, April 8, 2018: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Last Quarter at

07:18UTC

Moon phase on April 8, 2018Last Quarter

Sunday 8 April 2018404,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 8, 2018, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
404,083 km251,086 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 31, 201812:37
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 8, 201807:18
New Moon (after)Monday, April 16, 201801:57

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Sunday, April 8, 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.