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The Moon on Saturday, April 24, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on April 24, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 April 1999387,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 24, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
387,425 km240,735 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Saturday, April 24, 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.