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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on April 12, 2020Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 April 2020375,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
375,390 km233,257 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 8, 202002:35
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 14, 202022:56

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 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.