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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 2087: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on April 5, 2087Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 April 2087359,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 2087, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
359,768 km223,549 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2087 is on Thursday, April 17, 2087 at 23:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 3, 2087 at 09:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 3, 208709:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 10, 208701:29

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 2087 to the new moon of May 2, 2087, a cycle of 29.35 days.