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The Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on April 5, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 April 2028364,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 5, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
364,751 km226,645 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2028 is on Sunday, April 9, 2028 at 10:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 26, 2028 at 04:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 2, 202819:16
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 9, 202810:27

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Wednesday, April 5, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2028 to the new moon of April 24, 2028, a cycle of 29.64 days.