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The Moon on Friday, April 24, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on April 24, 2020Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 April 2020401,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 24, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
401,779 km249,654 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 23, 202002:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 30, 202020:38

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Friday, April 24, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2020 to the new moon of May 22, 2020, a cycle of 29.63 days.