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The Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on April 11, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 April 1957364,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 11, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
364,042 km226,205 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 7, 195720:33
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 14, 195712:09

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Thursday, April 11, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1957 to the new moon of April 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.61 days.