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The Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on April 20, 2004Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 April 2004400,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
400,156 km248,645 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 19, 200413:21
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 27, 200417:33

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 2004 to the new moon of May 19, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.