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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2002: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

First Quarter at

12:48UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 2002First Quarter

Saturday 20 April 2002376,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 2002, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
376,622 km234,022 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:21 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 12, 200219:21
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 20, 200212:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 27, 200203:00

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2002 to the new moon of May 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.64 days.