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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on April 20, 1946Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 April 1946405,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
405,348 km251,872 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 16, 194610:47
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 24, 194615:19

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1946 to the new moon of May 1, 1946, a cycle of 29.36 days.