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The Moon on Monday, April 5, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on April 5, 2010Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 April 2010397,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 5, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
397,056 km246,719 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Monday, April 5, 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.