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The Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on April 19, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 April 2016404,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 19, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
404,705 km251,472 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Tuesday, April 19, 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.