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The Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2026: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Full Moon at

02:12UTC

Moon phase on April 2, 2026Full Moon

Thursday 2 April 2026394,951 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 2, 2026, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
394,951 km245,411 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 393,585 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 25, 202619:18
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, April 2, 202602:12
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 10, 202604:52

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Thursday, April 2, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2026 to the new moon of April 17, 2026, a cycle of 29.44 days.