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The Moon on Monday, April 9, 2068: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

First Quarter at

11:33UTC

Moon phase on April 9, 2068First Quarter

Monday 9 April 2068396,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 9, 2068, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.3% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
396,993 km246,680 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2068 is on Tuesday, April 17, 2068 at 15:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 2, 2068 at 08:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 2, 206808:51
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 9, 206811:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 17, 206815:29

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Monday, April 9, 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.