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The Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on April 6, 2042Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 April 2042404,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 6, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
404,628 km251,424 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 5, 204214:16
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 13, 204211:09

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Sunday, April 6, 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.