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The Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2008: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Full Moon at

10:26UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 2008Full Moon

Sunday 20 April 2008402,846 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 20, 2008, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
402,846 km250,317 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 402,717 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 12, 200818:32
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, April 20, 200810:26
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 28, 200814:12

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Sunday, April 20, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2008 to the new moon of May 5, 2008, a cycle of 29.35 days.