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The Moon on Friday, April 18, 2042: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on April 18, 2042Waning Crescent

Friday 18 April 2042358,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 18, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
358,976 km223,057 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 13, 204211:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 20, 204202:19

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Friday, April 18, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2042 to the new moon of April 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.