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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on April 29, 2021Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 April 2021360,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
360,595 km224,063 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 19:00 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 27, 202103:32
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 3, 202119:50

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.