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The Moon on Wednesday, April 25, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on April 25, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 25 April 2018375,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
375,261 km233,176 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Wednesday, April 25, 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.