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The Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on April 22, 2056Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 April 2056388,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 22, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 44.3% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
388,823 km241,603 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 14, 205623:51
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 23, 205601:34

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Saturday, April 22, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2056 to the new moon of May 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.68 days.