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The Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on April 22, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 April 2040393,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 22, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
393,671 km244,615 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Sunday, April 22, 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.