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The Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on April 4, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 April 2017375,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
375,624 km233,402 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 3, 201718:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 11, 201706:08

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 2017 to the new moon of April 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.39 days.