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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 April 2007404,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
404,642 km251,433 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2007 is on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 10:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 11:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 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.