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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on April 12, 2040Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 April 2040388,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
388,650 km241,496 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 11, 204014:00
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 19, 204013:38

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2040 to the new moon of May 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.56 days.