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The Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 2078: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on April 6, 2078Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 April 2078383,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 6, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
383,773 km238,465 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 2078 is on Monday, March 28, 2078 at 11:04 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 12, 2078 at 09:45 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 5, 207814:45
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 12, 207809:45

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Wednesday, April 6, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 2078 to the new moon of April 12, 2078, a cycle of 29.38 days.