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The Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on April 22, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 April 2010369,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 22, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
369,442 km229,561 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 21, 201018:20
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 28, 201012:19

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Thursday, April 22, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2010 to the new moon of May 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.52 days.