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The Moon on Monday, April 3, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on April 3, 2056Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 April 2056362,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 3, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
362,550 km225,278 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Monday, April 3, 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.