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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on April 22, 2022Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 April 2022369,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
369,269 km229,453 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 16, 202218:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 23, 202211:56

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.