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The Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2040: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on April 5, 2040Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 April 2040370,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 5, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
370,555 km230,252 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2040 is on Wednesday, March 28, 2040 at 15:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 4, 204014:06
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 11, 204014:00

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Thursday, April 5, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 13, 2040 to the new moon of April 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.51 days.