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The Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2079: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

First Quarter at

17:44UTC

Moon phase on April 8, 2079First Quarter

Saturday 8 April 2079372,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 8, 2079, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
372,516 km231,470 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2079 is on Sunday, April 16, 2079 at 05:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 2079 at 01:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 2, 207901:30
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 8, 207917:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 16, 207905:03

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Saturday, April 8, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 2079 to the new moon of May 1, 2079, a cycle of 29.39 days.