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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2011: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on April 28, 2011Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 April 2011405,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
405,256 km251,814 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2011 is on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:44 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 25, 201102:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 3, 201106:51

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.