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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on April 28, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 April 2056358,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
358,022 km222,465 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.