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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 2024: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 5, 2024Waning Crescent

Friday 5 April 2024363,098 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,098 km225,618 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 2, 202403:15
New Moon (after)Monday, April 8, 202418:21

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2024 to the new moon of April 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.