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The Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on April 24, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 April 2018373,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 24, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
373,072 km231,816 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 22, 201821:46
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 30, 201800:58

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 2018 to the new moon of May 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.