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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 26, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 April 2007399,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
399,410 km248,182 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2007 is on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 10:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 11:36 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 24, 200706:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 2, 200710:10

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2007 to the new moon of May 16, 2007, a cycle of 29.33 days.