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The Moon on Sunday, April 2, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on April 2, 2056Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 April 2056359,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 2, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
359,347 km223,288 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 31, 205610:25
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 7, 205601:33

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Sunday, April 2, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 2056 to the new moon of April 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.71 days.