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The Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on April 1, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 April 2053380,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 1, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
380,263 km236,285 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 2053 at 07:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 27, 205304:50
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 3, 205306:23

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Tuesday, April 1, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 2053 to the new moon of April 18, 2053, a cycle of 29.48 days.