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The Moon on Sunday, April 18, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on April 18, 2021Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 April 2021399,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 18, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
399,467 km248,217 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 12, 202102:31
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 20, 202106:59

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Sunday, April 18, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2021 to the new moon of May 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.69 days.