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The Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on April 2, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 April 2042405,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 2, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
405,168 km251,760 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Wednesday, April 2, 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.