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The Moon on Sunday, April 30, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on April 30, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 April 2023401,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 30, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.0% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
401,219 km249,306 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Sunday, April 30, 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.