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The Moon on Saturday, April 19, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 19, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 April 2008400,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 19, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
400,632 km248,941 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 12, 200818:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 20, 200810:26

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Saturday, April 19, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2008 to the new moon of May 5, 2008, a cycle of 29.35 days.