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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 29, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 April 1999403,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
403,724 km250,863 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.