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The Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 2023: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on April 19, 2023Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 April 2023373,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
373,474 km232,066 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 13, 202309:11
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 20, 202304:13

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2023 to the new moon of April 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.45 days.