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The Moon on Friday, April 20, 2012: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on April 20, 2012Waning Crescent

Friday 20 April 2012404,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 20, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
404,984 km251,645 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 13, 201210:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 21, 201207:19

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Friday, April 20, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 2012 to the new moon of April 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.70 days.