Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on April 2, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 April 2072363,871 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 2, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
363,871 km226,099 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Saturday, April 2, 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.