 Shown below are the April 2023 moon phases (or "moon schedule"). This moon calendar is an easy tool for finding out the lunar phase for any given month. Simply select a month and year, and click "Go", and it will show you what the moon will look like for any day that month. The internal phase calculator is very accurate, but the images are approximations. The current month is always shown by default on the main moon phase calendar page (use that page for bookmarks and linking, unless you want a specific month). Show
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Moon position in the skyIllumination: Direction: Altitude: Pictures courtesy of: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Moon phases calculated with: Lune.js. Moonrise and moonset calculated with: SunCalc. This page includes Geonames data, available from geonames.org. Moon phase on : . During each lunar month, we see the Moon's appearance change from not visibly illuminated through partially illuminated to fully illuminated, then back through partially illuminated to not illuminated again. The illumination in this moon phase is . The number of days counted from the time of the new moon is the Moon's age. On the Moon is old. The lunar cycle takes 29.53 days to complete, which allows us to see it changing and morphing from new moon to new moon. Check the to see all the moon phase for this month including full moon, new moon, first quarter and third quarter. You can also visit our . Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on 1 April 2023, Saturday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 80% and growing larger. The 10 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo. Previous date |
Moon Today | Next date Moon phases for next 7 daysSunday Sun Monday Mon Tuesday Tue Wednesday Wed Thursday Thu Friday Fri Saturday Sat 7 days ago | 7 days after Moon phase and lunation detailsPrevious main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 3 days on 29 March 2023 at 02:32. Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night. Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac
sector. Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1920". Pink Moon after 4 daysNext Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2023 after 4 days on 6 April 2023 at 04:35. Upcoming main Moon phases
Neap tideThere is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak. Lunation 287 / 1240The Moon is 10 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 287 of Meeus index or 1240 from Brown series. PreviousCurrent lunationNext Synodic month length 29.45 daysThe length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 49 minutes. It is 52 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°). Lunation length shorter than meanThe length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length. Lunar orbit position on 1 April 2023 Saturday 12:00 UTCAt the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠34.1°. At the
beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠59.2°. 1 day after point of apogee on 31 March 2023 at 11:18 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow,
while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 16 April 2023 at 02:22 in ♓ Pisces. Previous apogeeNext perigee Distance to Moon 405 197 kmThe Moon is 405 197 km (251 778 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 967 km (228 644 mi). Moon before descending node8 days after ascending node on 24 March 2023 at 02:08 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 April 2023 at 13:51 in ♎ Libra. Previous nodeNext node Draconic month8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle. PreviousCurrent draconic monthNext Moon after northern standstill3 days since the previous standstill on 28 March 2023 at 21:29 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.898°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.947° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 April 2023 at 03:15 in ♑ Capricorn. Previous standstillNext standstill Syzygy in 4 daysIn 4 days on 6 April 2023 at 04:35 in ♎ Libra the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment. Previous syzygyNext syzygy What was the moon phase on April 1 2023?The current moon phase for April 1st, 2023 is the Waxing Gibbous phase. On this day, the moon is 10.91 days old and 80.86% illuminated with a tilt of 163.144°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 404,227.82 km and the moon sign is Leo. The Moon phase for April 1st, 2023 is a Waxing Gibbous phase.
Is there a Full Moon in April 2023?Moon Phases in April 2023
Full Moon or Pink Moon: It will be observed on April 6 at 00:34 EST or 4:34 UTC. Last Quarter or Third Quarter Moon: It will be observed on April 13 at 09:11 UTC. New Moon: It will be observed on April 20 around 04:12 UTC.
Is April 1st 2022 a New Moon?The current moon phase for April 1st, 2022 is the New Moon phase. On this day, the moon is -0.04 days old and 0% illuminated with a tilt of 208.621°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 386,289.34 km and the moon sign is Aries. The Moon phase for April 1st, 2022 is the New Moon phase.
What dates for the New Moon for 2023?What are the 2023 New Moon Dates?. |
