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The Moon on Saturday, April 12, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 April 2014396,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 12, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
396,298 km246,248 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2014 is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Saturday, April 12, 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.