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The Moon on Monday, April 30, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on April 30, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 April 2012380,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 30, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
380,579 km236,481 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 29, 201209:58
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 6, 201203:35

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Monday, April 30, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.