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The Moon on Monday, April 26, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on April 26, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 April 2021358,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 26, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
358,631 km222,843 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Monday, April 26, 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.