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The Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 2018: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on April 11, 2018Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 April 2018397,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
397,617 km247,067 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Wednesday, April 11, 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.