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The Moon on Friday, April 20, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on April 20, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 April 1956374,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 20, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
374,638 km232,789 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 17, 195623:28
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 25, 195601:41

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Friday, April 20, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1956 to the new moon of May 10, 1956, a cycle of 29.43 days.