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The Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on April 4, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 April 2020366,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 4, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
366,287 km227,600 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Saturday, April 4, 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.