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The Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 9, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 April 2025399,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
399,897 km248,485 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2025 is on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 00:22 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 5, 202502:15
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 13, 202500:22

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 2025 to the new moon of April 27, 2025, a cycle of 29.36 days.