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The Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 20, 1961Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 April 1961398,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 20, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.9% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
398,853 km247,836 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 15, 196105:38
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 22, 196121:49

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Thursday, April 20, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1961 to the new moon of May 14, 1961, a cycle of 29.47 days.