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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on April 12, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 April 2011374,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
374,534 km232,725 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 11, 201112:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 18, 201102:44

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 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.