Moon Phase Calendar
Track moon phases throughout the month for astronomy and planning
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Select Month
Current Moon Phase
🌒
Waxing Crescent
12% Illuminated
Monday, April 20, 2026
Major Moon Phases in April 2026
🌕
Full Moon
Apr 2, 2026
100% illuminated
🌗
Last Quarter
Apr 10, 2026
52% illuminated
🌑
New Moon
Apr 17, 2026
0% illuminated
🌓
First Quarter
Apr 24, 2026
49% illuminated
Daily Moon Phases
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
🌔
99%
2
🌕
100%
3
🌕
99%
4
🌖
96%
5
🌖
92%
6
🌖
86%
7
🌖
79%
8
🌖
70%
9
🌖
61%
10
🌗
52%
11
🌗
42%
12
🌘
33%
13
🌘
24%
14
🌘
15%
15
🌘
8%
16
🌘
3%
17
🌑
0%
18
🌑
0%
19
🌒
3%
20
🌒
9%
21
🌒
17%
22
🌒
27%
23
🌒
38%
24
🌓
49%
25
🌔
60%
26
🌔
70%
27
🌔
79%
28
🌔
87%
29
🌔
93%
30
🌔
97%
🌙 About Moon Phases
The Moon goes through eight distinct phases as it orbits Earth every ~29.5 days. These phases are determined by the Moon's position relative to the Sun and Earth.
Major Phases:
- 🌑 New Moon: Moon is between Earth and Sun (0% illuminated)
- 🌓 First Quarter: Right half is illuminated (50%)
- 🌕 Full Moon: Earth is between Moon and Sun (100%)
- 🌗 Last Quarter: Left half is illuminated (50%)
Intermediate Phases:
- 🌒 Waxing Crescent: Thin crescent growing larger
- 🌔 Waxing Gibbous: More than half, approaching full
- 🌖 Waning Gibbous: Just past full, decreasing
- 🌘 Waning Crescent: Thin crescent getting smaller
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