Waxing · 50.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°
First Quarter at
10:21UTC
Moon phase on April 1, 2020First Quarter
On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
383,651 km238,390 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 1, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | 09:28 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | 10:21 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | 02:35 |
The Moon around April 1
More about this date
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 2020 to the new moon of April 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.71 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.