Waxing · 46.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°
First Quarter at
20:38UTC
Moon phase on April 30, 2020First Quarter
On Thursday, April 30, 2020, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
378,865 km235,415 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 30, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, April 23, 2020 | 02:26 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Thursday, April 30, 2020 | 20:38 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, May 7, 2020 | 10:45 |
The Moon around April 30
More about this date
Thursday, April 30, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.