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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1949: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Last Quarter at

03:27UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 1949Last Quarter

Wednesday 20 April 1949395,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1949, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
395,831 km245,958 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 13, 194904:08
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 20, 194903:27
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 28, 194908:02

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 1949 to the new moon of April 28, 1949, a cycle of 29.70 days.