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The Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on April 26, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 April 2056365,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 26, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
365,564 km227,151 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 23, 205601:34
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 29, 205618:31

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Wednesday, April 26, 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.