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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on April 12, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 April 2022391,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
391,232 km243,100 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 06:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 9, 202206:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 16, 202218:55

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2022 to the new moon of April 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.59 days.