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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on April 20, 1977Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 April 1977405,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
405,602 km252,030 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 18, 197710:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 26, 197714:42

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1977 to the new moon of May 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.68 days.