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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1968: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on April 20, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 April 1968382,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
382,199 km237,488 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 19, 196819:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 27, 196815:21

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1968 to the new moon of April 27, 1968, a cycle of 29.69 days.