Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 April 2024405,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,534 km251,987 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 15, 202419:13
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 202423:49

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2024 to the new moon of May 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.38 days.