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The Moon on Friday, April 3, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on April 3, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 April 2020371,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 3, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
371,815 km231,035 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Friday, April 3, 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.