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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 1938Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 April 1938404,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
404,522 km251,358 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 1938 at 05:28 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 14, 193818:21
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 22, 193820:14

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1938 to the new moon of April 30, 1938, a cycle of 29.44 days.