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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 April 1940360,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
360,041 km223,719 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 7, 1940 at 20:19 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 15, 194013:46
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 22, 194004:37

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1940 to the new moon of May 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.66 days.