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The Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on April 11, 2009Waning Gibbous

Saturday 11 April 2009392,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 11, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
392,177 km243,687 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 9, 200914:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 17, 200913:37

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Saturday, April 11, 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.