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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on April 22, 2050Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 April 2050373,414 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
373,414 km232,029 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2050 is on Friday, May 6, 2050 at 22:26 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 21, 2050 at 10:26 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 21, 205010:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 28, 205022:08

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2050 to the new moon of May 20, 2050, a cycle of 29.43 days.