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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 2030: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on April 5, 2030Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 April 2030404,909 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 2030, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
404,909 km251,599 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2030 is on Thursday, April 18, 2030 at 03:20 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 2030 at 22:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 2, 203022:03
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 11, 203002:57

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 2030 to the new moon of May 2, 2030, a cycle of 29.67 days.