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The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on April 24, 2011Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 April 2011391,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.3% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
391,372 km243,187 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 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.