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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 April 2072367,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
367,523 km228,368 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 25, 207216:35
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 2, 207211:34

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.