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The Moon on Thursday, April 30, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on April 30, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 April 2026398,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 30, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
398,983 km247,916 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2026 is on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 17:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 24, 202602:32
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 1, 202617:23

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Thursday, April 30, 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.