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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on April 24, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 April 1991381,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
381,570 km237,097 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1991 is on Sunday, April 28, 1991 at 20:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 21, 199112:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 28, 199120:59

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 1991 to the new moon of May 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.37 days.