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The Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on April 2, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 April 2020377,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 2, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
377,751 km234,724 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 1, 202010:21
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 8, 202002:35

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Thursday, April 2, 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.