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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on April 20, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 April 2005396,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.1% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
396,094 km246,121 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 16, 200514:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 24, 200510:07

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2005 to the new moon of May 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.