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The Moon on Friday, April 2, 2066: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

First Quarter at

23:09UTC

Moon phase on April 2, 2066First Quarter

Friday 2 April 2066403,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 2, 2066, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
403,318 km250,610 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2066 is on Saturday, April 10, 2066 at 10:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 2066 at 22:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 25, 206622:14
First Quarter (this day)Friday, April 2, 206623:09
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 10, 206610:03

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Friday, April 2, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 2066 to the new moon of April 24, 2066, a cycle of 29.59 days.