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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on April 22, 2011Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 April 2011379,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
379,326 km235,702 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.