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The Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1947: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on April 20, 1947Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 April 1947375,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 20, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
375,239 km233,163 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 13, 194714:23
New Moon (after)Monday, April 21, 194704:19

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Sunday, April 20, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 1947 to the new moon of April 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.49 days.