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The Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on April 20, 1950Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 April 1950405,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 20, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
405,343 km251,868 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 17, 195008:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 25, 195010:40

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Thursday, April 20, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1950 to the new moon of May 17, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.