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The Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 1969Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 April 1969402,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
402,438 km250,063 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 16, 196918:16
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 24, 196919:45

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Sunday, April 20, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1969 to the new moon of May 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.59 days.