Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°
Moon age
6.0days
Moon phase on April 23, 2026Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, April 23, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
372,399 km231,398 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 23, 2026 is on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 17:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, April 17, 2026 | 11:52 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, April 24, 2026 | 02:32 |
The Moon around April 23
More about this date
Thursday, April 23, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2026 to the new moon of May 16, 2026, a cycle of 29.34 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2026, or the whole moon calendar 2026.
- The same date one year apart: 2025 · 2027.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.