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The Moon on Saturday, April 16, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on April 16, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 April 2011358,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 16, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
358,599 km222,823 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Saturday, April 16, 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.