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The Moon on Saturday, April 6, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on April 6, 2019Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 April 2019394,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 6, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
394,587 km245,185 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 5, 201908:51
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 12, 201919:06

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Saturday, April 6, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.