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The Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 2073: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on April 12, 2073Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 April 2073393,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 12, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
393,892 km244,753 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2073 is on Saturday, April 22, 2073 at 01:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 2073 at 14:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 7, 207314:14
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 15, 207310:36

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Wednesday, April 12, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2073 to the new moon of May 7, 2073, a cycle of 29.67 days.