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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on April 18, 2018Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 April 2018370,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
370,534 km230,239 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 16, 201801:57
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 22, 201821:46

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 2018 to the new moon of May 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.