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The Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on April 24, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 April 2010367,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
367,196 km228,165 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Saturday, April 24, 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.