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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 22, 2072Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 April 2072378,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
378,743 km235,340 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 18, 207211:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 25, 207216:35

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2072 to the new moon of May 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.51 days.