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The Moon on Friday, April 1, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 1, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 April 2072362,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 1, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
362,426 km225,201 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 27, 207209:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 3, 207201:25

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Friday, April 1, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2072 to the new moon of April 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.65 days.