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The Moon on Monday, April 22, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on April 22, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Monday 22 April 2013381,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 22, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
381,232 km236,886 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 18, 201312:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 25, 201319:57

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Monday, April 22, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 10, 2013 to the new moon of May 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.62 days.