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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 2072: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 2072Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 April 2072376,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
376,248 km233,789 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 3, 207201:25
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 10, 207208:53

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 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.