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The Moon on Thursday, April 19, 2040: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

First Quarter at

13:38UTC

Moon phase on April 19, 2040First Quarter

Thursday 19 April 2040403,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 19, 2040, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
403,432 km250,681 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 11, 204014:00
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 19, 204013:38
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 27, 204002:38

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Thursday, April 19, 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.