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The Moon on Friday, April 20, 1979: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on April 20, 1979Waning Crescent

Friday 20 April 1979369,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 20, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
369,559 km229,633 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 19, 197918:30
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 26, 197913:15

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Friday, April 20, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1979 to the new moon of April 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.