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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on April 20, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 April 2016405,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
405,875 km252,199 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 14, 201604:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 201605:24

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2016 to the new moon of May 6, 2016, a cycle of 29.34 days.