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The Moon on Sunday, April 23, 2056: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

First Quarter at

01:34UTC

Moon phase on April 23, 2056First Quarter

Sunday 23 April 2056383,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 23, 2056, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
383,135 km238,069 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 14, 205623:51
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 23, 205601:34
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 29, 205618:31

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Sunday, April 23, 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.