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The Moon on Friday, April 13, 2018: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on April 13, 2018Waning Crescent

Friday 13 April 2018389,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 13, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
389,017 km241,724 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Friday, April 13, 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.