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The Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on April 17, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 April 2019364,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
364,418 km226,439 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 12, 201919:06
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 19, 201911:12

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.