Waxing · 46.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°
First Quarter at
19:06UTC
Moon phase on April 12, 2019First Quarter
On Friday, April 12, 2019, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
373,629 km232,162 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 12, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, April 5, 2019 | 08:51 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, April 12, 2019 | 19:06 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, April 19, 2019 | 11:12 |
The Moon around April 12
More about this date
Friday, April 12, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.