Daily lunar detail

April 2042 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Waxing Gibbous and closes with a Waxing Gibbous. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

Full MoonApril 5, 2042 at 2:16 PM UTC
Last QuarterApril 13, 2042 at 11:09 AM UTC
New MoonApril 20, 2042 at 2:19 AM UTC
First QuarterApril 27, 2042 at 2:19 AM UTC

The lunar story of April 2042

New Moon occurs April 20, 2042. Full Moon occurs April 5, 2042. The first major event is Full Moon on April 5, 2042, and the month progresses from 86% to 81% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.