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The Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 2021: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

First Quarter at

06:59UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 2021First Quarter

Tuesday 20 April 2021390,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
390,154 km242,431 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 12, 202102:31
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 20, 202106:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 27, 202103:32

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2021 to the new moon of May 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.69 days.