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The Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on April 30, 2024Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 30 April 2024377,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
377,374 km234,489 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Tuesday, April 30, 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.