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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on April 24, 2024Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 April 2024398,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
398,395 km247,551 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 23, 202423:49
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 1, 202411:27

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 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.