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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on April 23, 2050Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 April 2050378,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
378,330 km235,084 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2050 is on Friday, May 6, 2050 at 22:26 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 21, 2050 at 10:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.