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The Moon on Friday, April 26, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 26, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 April 1991388,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 26, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
388,329 km241,296 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1991 is on Sunday, April 28, 1991 at 20:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Friday, April 26, 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.