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The Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on April 23, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 April 2013375,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
375,578 km233,373 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Tuesday, April 23, 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.