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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on April 26, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 April 2018377,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
377,815 km234,763 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 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.