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The Moon on Monday, April 20, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on April 20, 1942Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 April 1942405,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 20, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
405,372 km251,886 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 15, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 15, 194214:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 23, 194218:10

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Monday, April 20, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1942 to the new moon of May 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.