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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on April 20, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 April 2013392,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
392,403 km243,828 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 18, 201312:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 25, 201319:57

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 10, 2013 to the new moon of May 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.62 days.