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The Moon on Monday, April 23, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on April 23, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 April 2040388,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 23, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
388,735 km241,549 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Monday, April 23, 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.