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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 21, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 April 2024404,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
404,722 km251,482 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 15, 202419:13
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 202423:49

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2024 to the new moon of May 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.38 days.