Daily phases · UK local time

April 2028 Moon calendar for the UK

Check the Moon's daily phase and illumination throughout April 2028, together with exact new Moon, quarter and full Moon event times.

How the Moon changes during April 2028

At 12:00 local time on 1 April, the Moon is a first quarter at 36% illumination and is waxing. By 30 April, it is a first quarter at 32% illumination and is waxing.

This civil month contains 4 exact principal phase events. Daily values represent the Moon at local noon; event rows below retain their precise astronomical times.

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Monthly view

April 2028

Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London

Moon phase calendar for April 2028; weeks begin on Monday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1First Quarter36%Age 6.3 dSelected date	2First Quarter46%Age 7.3 d
3First Quarter57%Age 8.3 d	4First Quarter68%Age 9.3 d	5Waxing Gibbous79%Age 10.3 d	6Waxing Gibbous88%Age 11.3 d	7Waxing Gibbous94%Age 12.3 d	8Full Moon98%Age 13.3 d	9Full Moon100%Age 14.3 d
10Full Moon98%Age 15.3 d	11Waning Gibbous94%Age 16.3 d	12Waning Gibbous88%Age 17.3 d	13Waning Gibbous80%Age 18.3 d	14Waning Gibbous72%Age 19.3 d	15Last Quarter62%Age 20.3 d	16Last Quarter52%Age 21.3 d
17Last Quarter43%Age 22.3 d	18Last Quarter34%Age 23.3 d	19Waning Crescent25%Age 24.3 d	20Waning Crescent17%Age 25.3 d	21Waning Crescent11%Age 26.3 d	22Waning Crescent6%Age 27.3 d	23New Moon2%Age 28.3 d
24New Moon0%Age 29.3 d	25New Moon1%Age 0.6 d	26New Moon3%Age 1.6 d	27Waxing Crescent7%Age 2.6 d	28Waxing Crescent14%Age 3.6 d	29Waxing Crescent22%Age 4.6 d	30First Quarter32%Age 5.6 d

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Day-by-day detail · London horizon

Phase, illumination, lunar age, rise and set

Phase, illumination and age are calculated at 12:00 Europe/London. Moonrise and moonset use a central London observer; a dash means no matching horizon crossing occurs during that civil date.

Daily values at 12:00 UK local time; rise and set for London
Date	Phase	Illumination	Lunar age	Moonrise	Moonset
1	First Quarter	36%	6.3 days	09:20	02:08
2	First Quarter	46%	7.3 days	10:28	03:00
3	First Quarter	57%	8.3 days	11:47	03:39
4	First Quarter	68%	9.3 days	13:12	04:10
5	Waxing Gibbous	79%	10.3 days	14:39	04:33
6	Waxing Gibbous	88%	11.3 days	16:07	04:52
7	Waxing Gibbous	94%	12.3 days	17:34	05:09
8	Full Moon	98%	13.3 days	19:02	05:26
9	Full Moon	100%	14.3 days	20:31	05:44
10	Full Moon	98%	15.3 days	21:59	06:05
11	Waning Gibbous	94%	16.3 days	23:22	06:31
12	Waning Gibbous	88%	17.3 days	—	07:05
13	Waning Gibbous	80%	18.3 days	00:36	07:50
14	Waning Gibbous	72%	19.3 days	01:36	08:47
15	Last Quarter	62%	20.3 days	02:21	09:52
16	Last Quarter	52%	21.3 days	02:55	11:02
17	Last Quarter	43%	22.3 days	03:19	12:14
18	Last Quarter	34%	23.3 days	03:38	13:24
19	Waning Crescent	25%	24.3 days	03:54	14:33
20	Waning Crescent	17%	25.3 days	04:07	15:41
21	Waning Crescent	11%	26.3 days	04:20	16:50
22	Waning Crescent	6%	27.3 days	04:33	17:59
23	New Moon	2%	28.3 days	04:47	19:11
24	New Moon	0%	29.3 days	05:03	20:25
25	New Moon	1%	0.6 days	05:24	21:40
26	New Moon	3%	1.6 days	05:51	22:54
27	Waxing Crescent	7%	2.6 days	06:28	—
28	Waxing Crescent	14%	3.6 days	07:17	00:00
29	Waxing Crescent	22%	4.6 days	08:21	00:56
30	First Quarter	32%	5.6 days	09:36	01:39

The month's brightest nights

Full Moon in April 2028

Pink Moon

Named for pink spring wildflowers in eastern North America, not for a change in the Moon's colour.

Exact instant: 9 April 2028 at 11:27 BST
Brown lunation: 1302

Read the Pink Moon guide

How rise and set vary across the UK

On the date of the first full Moon, longitude and latitude shift the horizon times. These representative cities all use Europe/London civil time.

Moonrise and moonset on 2028-04-09, in each location's UK local time
Location	Moonrise	Moonset
London	20:31	05:44
Cardiff	20:44	05:56
Belfast	21:06	06:00
Edinburgh	20:59	05:46
Lerwick	21:09	05:25

Traditional lunar rhythm · practical UK season

Garden windows for this month

The main outdoor sowing season begins. Use local soil, weather and frost conditions to decide whether each task is timely in your garden.

1–2, 25–30 4/2028

Sowing

Sow beetroot, carrots, chard, lettuce, leeks, peas, radish and turnips in prepared soil.

3–8 4/2028

Planting

Plant potatoes and pot-grown fruit; keep tender vegetables protected until frost risk eases.

9–16 4/2028

Harvesting

Pick spring greens, rhubarb and the first protected salads.

17–24 4/2028

Pruning

Tie in trained fruit and remove clearly dead or damaged growth.

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