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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on April 23, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 April 2078403,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
403,192 km250,532 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2078 is on Wednesday, April 27, 2078 at 04:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 12, 2078 at 09:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.