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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 2022: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on April 29, 2022Waning Crescent

Friday 29 April 2022392,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
392,152 km243,672 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.