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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2046: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 2046Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 April 2046362,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
362,884 km225,486 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2046 is on Friday, April 20, 2046 at 18:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 2046 at 11:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 14, 204603:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 20, 204618:21

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2046 to the new moon of May 6, 2046, a cycle of 29.63 days.