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The Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on April 5, 2026Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 April 2026403,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 5, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
403,161 km250,512 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:52 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 2, 202602:12
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 10, 202604:52

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Sunday, April 5, 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.