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The Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on April 5, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 April 2017379,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 5, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
379,306 km235,690 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Wednesday, April 5, 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.