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The Moon on Thursday, April 20, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on April 20, 2056Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 April 2056398,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 20, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
398,130 km247,387 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 14, 205623:51
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 23, 205601:34

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Thursday, April 20, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2056 to the new moon of May 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.68 days.