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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1960: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on April 20, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 April 1960377,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
377,934 km234,837 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 18, 196012:57
New Moon (after)Monday, April 25, 196021:44

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 27, 1960 to the new moon of April 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.59 days.