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The Moon on Monday, April 11, 2011: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

First Quarter at

12:06UTC

Moon phase on April 11, 2011First Quarter

Monday 11 April 2011380,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 11, 2011, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
380,008 km236,126 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 3, 201114:33
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 11, 201112:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 18, 201102:44

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Monday, April 11, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 2011 to the new moon of May 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.68 days.