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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2018: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on April 12, 2018Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 April 2018393,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
393,557 km244,545 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 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.