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The Moon on Thursday, April 19, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on April 19, 2018Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 April 2018369,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 19, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
369,188 km229,403 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Thursday, April 19, 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.