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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 18, 2048Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 April 2048404,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.5% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
404,781 km251,519 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2048 is on Tuesday, April 28, 2048 at 11:13 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 2048 at 05:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 13, 204805:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 21, 204810:02

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 2048 to the new moon of May 12, 2048, a cycle of 29.65 days.