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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on April 12, 2001Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 April 2001391,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
391,020 km242,968 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 8, 200103:22
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 15, 200115:31

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 2001 to the new moon of April 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.59 days.