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The Moon on Sunday, April 28, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on April 28, 2013Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 April 2013362,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 28, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
362,588 km225,302 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 25, 201319:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 2, 201311:14

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Sunday, April 28, 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.