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The Moon on Thursday, April 20, 1972: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

First Quarter at

12:45UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 1972First Quarter

Thursday 20 April 1972383,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 20, 1972, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
383,443 km238,260 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 13, 197220:31
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 20, 197212:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 28, 197212:45

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Thursday, April 20, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1972 to the new moon of May 13, 1972, a cycle of 29.32 days.