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The Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on April 7, 1999Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 April 1999401,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 7, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.6% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
401,955 km249,763 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1999 is on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 22:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 31, 199922:49
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 9, 199902:51

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Wednesday, April 7, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 17, 1999 to the new moon of April 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.40 days.