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The Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 30, 2025Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 30 April 2025364,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
364,426 km226,444 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2025 is on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 19:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 27, 202519:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 4, 202513:52

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2025 to the new moon of May 27, 2025, a cycle of 29.31 days.