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The Moon on Friday, April 3, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on April 3, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 April 2009370,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 3, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
370,479 km230,205 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 2, 200914:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 9, 200914:56

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Friday, April 3, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2009 to the new moon of April 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.47 days.