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The Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 2047: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

First Quarter at

15:11UTC

Moon phase on April 3, 2047First Quarter

Wednesday 3 April 2047389,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 3, 2047, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
389,972 km242,317 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2047 is on Wednesday, April 10, 2047 at 10:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 26, 2047 at 11:44 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 26, 204711:44
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 3, 204715:11
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 10, 204710:35

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Wednesday, April 3, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2047 to the new moon of April 25, 2047, a cycle of 29.71 days.