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The Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on April 22, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 April 2021378,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 22, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
378,106 km234,944 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 20, 202106:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 27, 202103:32

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Thursday, April 22, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2021 to the new moon of May 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.69 days.