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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 2024Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 April 2024376,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
376,628 km234,026 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 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.