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The Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on April 23, 2019Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 April 2019388,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
388,422 km241,354 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 19, 201911:12
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 26, 201922:19

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.