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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on April 9, 2024Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 April 2024361,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
361,647 km224,717 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 8, 202418:21
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 15, 202419:13

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2024 to the new moon of May 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.38 days.