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The Moon on Thursday, April 13, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on April 13, 2017Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 April 2017403,797 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 13, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
403,797 km250,908 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 11, 201706:08
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 19, 201709:57

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Thursday, April 13, 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.