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The Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on April 11, 2012Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 April 2012369,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
369,577 km229,644 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Wednesday, April 11, 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.