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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on April 26, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 April 2040373,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
373,798 km232,267 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 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.