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The Moon on Friday, April 20, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on April 20, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 April 1945394,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 20, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
394,863 km245,356 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 12, 1945 at 12:30 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 19, 194507:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 27, 194510:33

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Friday, April 20, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1945 to the new moon of May 11, 1945, a cycle of 29.33 days.