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The Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2019: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on April 2, 2019Waning Crescent

Tuesday 2 April 2019404,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
404,502 km251,346 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 28, 201904:10
New Moon (after)Friday, April 5, 201908:51

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 2019 to the new moon of April 5, 2019, a cycle of 29.70 days.