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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on April 23, 2011Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 April 2011385,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.3% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
385,560 km239,576 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.