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The Moon on Monday, April 2, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on April 2, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 April 2012379,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 2, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
379,160 km235,599 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 30, 201219:41
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 6, 201219:19

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Monday, April 2, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 2012 to the new moon of April 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.70 days.