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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 2010Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 April 2010378,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
378,182 km234,991 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 28, 201012:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 6, 201004:15

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.