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The Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on April 21, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 April 2078397,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 21, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
397,050 km246,715 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2078 is on Wednesday, April 27, 2078 at 04:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 12, 2078 at 09:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 19, 207803:19
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 27, 207804:19

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Thursday, April 21, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2078 to the new moon of May 11, 2078, a cycle of 29.34 days.