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The Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on April 4, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 April 2009371,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 4, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.0% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
371,399 km230,777 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Saturday, April 4, 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.