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The Moon on Monday, April 9, 2018: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on April 9, 2018Waning Crescent

Monday 9 April 2018403,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 9, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
403,091 km250,469 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 8, 201807:18
New Moon (after)Monday, April 16, 201801:57

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Monday, April 9, 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.