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The Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on April 28, 2020Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 April 2020388,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
388,270 km241,260 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Tuesday, April 28, 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.