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The Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on April 6, 1991Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 April 1991404,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 6, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
404,049 km251,064 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Saturday, April 6, 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.