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The Moon on Monday, April 24, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 24, 2023Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 April 2023395,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 24, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
395,654 km245,848 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 20, 202304:13
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 27, 202321:20

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Monday, April 24, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2023 to the new moon of May 19, 2023, a cycle of 29.49 days.