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The Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on April 9, 2042Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 April 2042397,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 9, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
397,545 km247,023 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Wednesday, April 9, 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.