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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on April 24, 2019Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 April 2019393,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
393,536 km244,532 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 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.