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The Moon on Friday, April 23, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on April 23, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 April 1999382,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 23, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.7% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
382,537 km237,697 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 22, 199919:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 30, 199914:55

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Friday, April 23, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1999 to the new moon of May 15, 1999, a cycle of 29.32 days.