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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 April 2016402,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
402,763 km250,265 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 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.