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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 20, 2072Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 April 2072385,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
385,068 km239,270 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 18, 207211:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 25, 207216:35

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2072 to the new moon of May 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.51 days.