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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on April 18, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 April 2005402,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
402,399 km250,039 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 16, 200514:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 24, 200510:07

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2005 to the new moon of May 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.