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The Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 2079: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on April 12, 2079Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 April 2079387,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 12, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
387,244 km240,622 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2079 is on Sunday, April 16, 2079 at 05:03 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 2079 at 01:30 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 8, 207917:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 16, 207905:03

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Wednesday, April 12, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 2079 to the new moon of May 1, 2079, a cycle of 29.39 days.