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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].
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Use the dropdown below to select any given calendar month and year to see that particular month’s Moon Phases [don’t forget to press the yellow “Go” button]. The 8 Phases of the Moon are clearly displayed on the relevant day of the month. Clicking a calendar day reveals the % illumination, diameter and Moon Sign in the Moon Phase summary box [top left corner of the page].
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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 2 April 2023, Sunday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo. Previous date |
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.Waxing Gibbous 87% illuminated
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Moon phase and lunation details
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 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 first ∠1° of ♍
Virgo tropical zodiac sector. Lunar disc appears visually 7.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1919". Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2023 after 3 days on 6 April 2023 at 04:35.4 days after First Quarter
Moonrise and moonset
Moon is entering ♍ Virgo
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Pink Moon after 3
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Neap tide
There 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 / 1240
The Moon is 11 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.
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Synodic month length 29.45 days
The 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 mean
The 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 2 April 2023 Sunday 12:00 UTC
At 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°. 2 days 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 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 16 April 2023 at 02:22 in ♓ Pisces. Previous
apogeeNext perigee The Moon is 403 939 km [250 996 mi] away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point
perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 967 km [228 644 mi]. 9 days after ascending node on 24 March 2023 at 02:08 in
♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 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 9
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 4 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 9 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 In 3 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 syzygyTrue anomaly ∠34.1°
Moon after apogee
Distance to Moon 403 939 km
Moon before descending node
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Moon after northern standstill
Syzygy in 3 days