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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 April 2016399,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
399,994 km248,545 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 14, 201604:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 201605:24

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2016 to the new moon of May 6, 2016, a cycle of 29.34 days.