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The Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on April 1, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 April 2042403,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 1, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
403,406 km250,665 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 28, 204212:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 5, 204214:16

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Tuesday, April 1, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2042 to the new moon of April 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.