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The Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 April 2000372,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 12, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
372,332 km231,356 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2000 is on Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 17:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at 18:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 11, 200013:30
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 18, 200017:42

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Wednesday, April 12, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 2000 to the new moon of May 4, 2000, a cycle of 29.42 days.