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The Moon on Monday, April 20, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on April 20, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 April 1970391,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 20, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
391,476 km243,252 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 13, 197015:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 21, 197016:21

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Monday, April 20, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1970 to the new moon of May 5, 1970, a cycle of 29.45 days.