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The Moon on Thursday, April 14, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on April 14, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 April 2011364,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
364,502 km226,491 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Thursday, April 14, 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.