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The Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on April 29, 2020Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 April 2020383,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
383,717 km238,431 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Wednesday, April 29, 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.