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The Moon on Friday, April 6, 2068: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on April 6, 2068Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 April 2068380,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 6, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
380,279 km236,294 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 2068 is on Tuesday, April 17, 2068 at 15:29 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 2, 2068 at 08:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 2, 206808:51
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 9, 206811:33

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Friday, April 6, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 2068 to the new moon of May 1, 2068, a cycle of 29.39 days.