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The Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on April 3, 1991Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 April 1991401,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 3, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
401,008 km249,175 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 30, 199107:18
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 7, 199106:46

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Wednesday, April 3, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1991 to the new moon of April 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.48 days.