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The Moon on Monday, April 20, 2009: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on April 20, 2009Waning Crescent

Monday 20 April 2009393,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 20, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
393,978 km244,806 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 17, 200913:37
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 25, 200903:23

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Monday, April 20, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2009 to the new moon of April 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.47 days.