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The Moon on Saturday, April 13, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on April 13, 2024Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 April 2024382,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 13, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
382,819 km237,873 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Saturday, April 13, 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.