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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2022: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Last Quarter at

11:56UTC

Moon phase on April 23, 2022Last Quarter

Saturday 23 April 2022372,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 2022, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
372,069 km231,193 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 16, 202218:55
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 23, 202211:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 30, 202220:28

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.