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The Moon on Thursday, April 11, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on April 11, 2019Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 April 2019377,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 11, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
377,153 km234,352 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Thursday, April 11, 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.