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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on April 21, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 April 2040397,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
397,948 km247,274 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 19, 204013:38
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 27, 204002:38

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2040 to the new moon of May 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.56 days.