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The Moon on Monday, April 30, 2018: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Full Moon at

00:58UTC

Moon phase on April 30, 2018Full Moon

Monday 30 April 2018391,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 30, 2018, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
391,139 km243,043 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 389,453 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 01:57 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 22, 201821:46
Full Moon (this day)Monday, April 30, 201800:58
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 8, 201802:09

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Monday, April 30, 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.