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The Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 25, 2023Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 April 2023399,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
399,437 km248,198 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Tuesday, April 25, 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.