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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on April 28, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 April 2023404,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.9% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
404,255 km251,193 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 27, 202321:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 5, 202317:34

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.