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The Moon on Monday, April 8, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on April 8, 2019Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 April 2019387,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
387,880 km241,017 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Monday, April 8, 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.