Waxing · 34.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°
Moon age
5.4days
Moon phase on April 21, 2018Waxing Crescent
On Saturday, April 21, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
368,980 km229,274 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 21, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, April 16, 2018 | 01:57 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, April 22, 2018 | 21:46 |
The Moon around April 21
More about this date
Saturday, April 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.