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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on April 5, 2053Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 April 2053395,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
395,175 km245,550 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 18, 2053 at 18:48 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 3, 205306:23
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 11, 205306:04

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 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.