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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2020: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on April 18, 2020Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 April 2020404,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
404,149 km251,126 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 14, 202022:56
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 23, 202002:26

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 2020 to the new moon of April 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.71 days.