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The Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on April 8, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 April 2017390,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 8, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
390,065 km242,375 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Saturday, April 8, 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.