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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2078: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on April 28, 2078Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 April 2078404,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
404,889 km251,586 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2078 is on Wednesday, April 27, 2078 at 04:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 27, 207804:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 5, 207802:29

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.