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The Moon on Friday, April 26, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on April 26, 2024Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 April 2024392,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
392,203 km243,704 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Friday, April 26, 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.