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The Moon on Friday, April 11, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 11, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 April 2014399,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 11, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
399,702 km248,363 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2014 is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Friday, April 11, 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.