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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on April 20, 2022Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 April 2022365,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
365,567 km227,153 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 16, 202218:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 23, 202211:56

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2022 to the new moon of April 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.59 days.