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The Moon on Sunday, April 19, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 19, 2026Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 April 2026361,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
361,653 km224,721 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2026 is on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 17:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 17, 202611:52
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 24, 202602:32

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Sunday, April 19, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2026 to the new moon of May 16, 2026, a cycle of 29.34 days.