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The Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on April 6, 2053Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 April 2053398,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 6, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
398,668 km247,721 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 18, 2053 at 18:48 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Sunday, April 6, 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.