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The Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2020: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on April 21, 2020Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 April 2020406,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
406,257 km252,436 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 14, 202022:56
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 23, 202002:26

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Tuesday, April 21, 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.