Fishing moon calendar – April 5, 2026

Royal Observatory, Greenwich (51°28′40″N 00°00′05″W GMT 0)

April 5, 2026

Scorpio

Moon 5 April
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 90%

Date: April 5, 2026

Day of the week: Sunday

Moon age: 18, 19 lunar day(-s)

Moonrise: ↑ 23:13

Moonset:   ↓ 06:07

Moon Sign: Scorpio ♏ and Sagittarius ♐ (from 23:21)

Element: Water | Fire (from 23:21)

Moon phase: Waning Gibbous

Plant part: Leaf Days | Fruit Days (from 23:21)

18 lunar day – until 23:13
19 lunar day – from 23:13

Moon position on April 5, 2026

On April 5 at 12:00 pm the Moon will be in the Waning Gibbous phase in the zodiacal constellation of Scorpio ♏, according to the calendar it is the 18 lunar day. The percentage of lunar illumination on this day is about 90%. Moonrise will occur at 23:13 and sunset at 06:07.

  1. 18 lunar day until 23:13 – The fish are attacking the food confidently, greedily snatching up every bait offered to them.
  2. 19 lunar day from 23:13 – This is the perfect excuse to leave the house and go fishing - the fish are biting and they're biting hard!

Summary: today is a favourable day for fishing.

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