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The Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on April 13, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 April 2022386,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
386,015 km239,858 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 06:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 9, 202206:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 16, 202218:55

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2022 to the new moon of April 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.59 days.