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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on April 24, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 April 2013370,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
370,487 km230,210 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 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.