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The Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on April 28, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 April 1999401,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 28, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
401,649 km249,573 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Wednesday, April 28, 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.