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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 April 1984362,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
362,870 km225,477 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1984 is on Sunday, April 15, 1984 at 19:11 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 1, 1984 at 12:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 9, 198404:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 15, 198419:11

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.65 days.