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The Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on April 19, 2011Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 April 2011362,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
362,742 km225,397 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 18, 201102:44
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 25, 201102:47

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Tuesday, April 19, 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.