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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 23, 2072Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 April 2072375,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
375,932 km233,593 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.