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The Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on April 20, 1976Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 April 1976384,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
384,374 km238,839 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 14, 197611:49
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 21, 197607:14

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Tuesday, April 20, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1976 to the new moon of April 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.72 days.