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The Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 20, 2010Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 April 2010373,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 20, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
373,865 km232,309 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 14, 201012:29
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 21, 201018:20

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2010 to the new moon of May 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.52 days.