Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Current local time 9:19:55 PM (UTC-5)
Today, April 18
- Moonrise7:17 AMMoonset9:56 PM
- Moon PhaseWaxing crescentIlumination2%
Tomorrow, April 19
- Moonrise7:53 AMMoonset11:01 PM
- Moon PhaseWaxing crescentIlumination7%
- New Moon17 April6:52 AM
- First Quarter23 April9:32 PM
- Full Moon1 May12:23 PM
- Third Quarter9 May4:10 PM
- New Moon16 May3:01 PM
April 2026 — Moon in West Des Moines
| Icon | Date | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Moon phase | Illumination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1 | Wed | — | 6:36 AM | 7:10 PM | Full moon | 100% | |
| April 2 | Thu | — | 7:02 AM | 8:16 PM | Waning gibbous | 100% | |
| April 3 | Fri | — | 7:30 AM | 9:22 PM | Waning gibbous | 97% | |
| April 4 | Sat | — | 8:01 AM | 10:29 PM | Waning gibbous | 93% | |
| April 5 | Sun | — | 8:36 AM | 11:36 PM | Waning gibbous | 88% | |
| April 6 | Mon | — | 9:16 AM | — | Waning gibbous | 81% | |
| April 7 | Tue | 12:39 AM | 10:04 AM | — | Waning gibbous | 73% | |
| April 8 | Wed | 1:38 AM | 10:58 AM | — | Waning gibbous | 64% | |
| April 9 | Thu | 2:30 AM | 11:59 AM | — | Third quarter | 55% | |
| April 10 | Fri | 3:15 AM | 1:04 PM | — | Waning crescent | 45% | |
| April 11 | Sat | 3:54 AM | 2:10 PM | — | Waning crescent | 36% | |
| April 12 | Sun | 4:27 AM | 3:17 PM | — | Waning crescent | 26% | |
| April 13 | Mon | 4:56 AM | 4:24 PM | — | Waning crescent | 17% | |
| April 14 | Tue | 5:24 AM | 5:30 PM | — | Waning crescent | 10% | |
| April 15 | Wed | 5:50 AM | 6:36 PM | — | Waning crescent | 4% | |
| April 16 | Thu | 6:17 AM | 7:42 PM | — | Waning crescent | 1% | |
| April 17 | Fri | 6:45 AM | 8:49 PM | — | New moon | 0% | |
| April 18 | Sat | 7:17 AM | 9:56 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 2% | |
| April 19 | Sun | 7:53 AM | 11:01 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 7% | |
| April 20 | Mon | — | — | 8:36 AM | Waxing crescent | 14% | |
| April 21 | Tue | — | 12:04 AM | 9:25 AM | Waxing crescent | 24% | |
| April 22 | Wed | — | 1:01 AM | 10:22 AM | Waxing crescent | 34% | |
| April 23 | Thu | — | 1:51 AM | 11:24 AM | First quarter | 46% | |
| April 24 | Fri | — | 2:34 AM | 12:30 PM | Waxing gibbous | 57% | |
| April 25 | Sat | — | 3:10 AM | 1:36 PM | Waxing gibbous | 67% | |
| April 26 | Sun | — | 3:42 AM | 2:43 PM | Waxing gibbous | 77% | |
| April 27 | Mon | — | 4:11 AM | 3:50 PM | Waxing gibbous | 85% | |
| April 28 | Tue | — | 4:38 AM | 4:56 PM | Waxing gibbous | 91% | |
| April 29 | Wed | — | 5:04 AM | 6:02 PM | Waxing gibbous | 96% | |
| April 30 | Thu | — | 5:31 AM | 7:08 PM | Waxing gibbous | 99% |
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