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The Moon on Saturday, April 3, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on April 3, 2010Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 April 2010386,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 3, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.4% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
386,807 km240,351 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 30, 201002:26
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 6, 201009:37

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Saturday, April 3, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 2010 to the new moon of April 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.64 days.