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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on April 9, 2019Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 April 2019384,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
384,354 km238,827 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 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.