Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 2022: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on April 24, 2022Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 April 2022375,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
375,209 km233,144 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 23, 202211:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 30, 202220:28

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 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.