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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 2016Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 April 2016390,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.0% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
390,458 km242,619 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 22, 201605:24
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 30, 201603:29

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.