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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 2026: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on April 12, 2026Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 April 2026389,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
389,531 km242,043 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 10, 202604:52
New Moon (after)Friday, April 17, 202611:52

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2026 to the new moon of April 17, 2026, a cycle of 29.44 days.