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The Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on April 5, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 April 2023393,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
393,608 km244,577 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 29, 202302:33
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 6, 202304:35

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2023 to the new moon of April 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.45 days.