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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on April 28, 2040Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 April 2040367,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
367,415 km228,301 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 27, 204002:38
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 3, 204020:00

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 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.