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The Moon on Thursday, April 4, 2019: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on April 4, 2019Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 April 2019400,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 4, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
400,441 km248,823 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Thursday, April 4, 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.