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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1966: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

New Moon at

20:35UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 1966New Moon

Wednesday 20 April 1966395,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1966, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
395,731 km245,896 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 12, 196617:28
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, April 20, 196620:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 28, 196603:49

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 1966 to the new moon of April 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.66 days.