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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1974: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on April 20, 1974Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 April 1974387,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
387,952 km241,062 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 14, 197414:58
New Moon (after)Monday, April 22, 197410:17

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1974 to the new moon of April 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.54 days.