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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 2046Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 April 2046383,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
383,127 km238,064 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2046 is on Friday, April 20, 2046 at 18:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 2046 at 11:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 6, 204611:52
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 14, 204603:21

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2046 to the new moon of May 6, 2046, a cycle of 29.63 days.