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The Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on April 10, 2012Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 10 April 2012364,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
364,861 km226,714 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 6, 201219:19
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 13, 201210:50

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Tuesday, April 10, 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.