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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on April 20, 2019Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 April 2019372,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
372,683 km231,575 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 19, 201911:12
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 26, 201922:19

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.