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The Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on April 9, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 April 2014404,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 9, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,005 km251,037 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2014 is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 7, 201408:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 15, 201407:42

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 2014 to the new moon of April 29, 2014, a cycle of 29.48 days.