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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on April 23, 2042Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 April 2042373,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
373,770 km232,250 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 20, 204202:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 27, 204202:19

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2042 to the new moon of May 19, 2042, a cycle of 29.36 days.