Born on April 20

April 20 zodiac sign

If you were born on April 20, your Sun sign is Aries or Taurus. This is a cusp day, when the Sun crosses from one sign into the next at a different hour each year.

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On April 20 the Sun is crossing the last degree of Aries into the first degree of Taurus.

In 74% of years the Sun had already reached Taurus by midday on April 20 in Greenwich. Your exact birth year, time and place decide which side you were born on.

Find your exact Sun degree

Add your birth year, and your time and place if you know them. Hali will work out exactly where the Sun stood when you arrived, and when it next returns there.

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Your birthday star

Mirach

Each year the Sun meets Mirach on your birthday. The jewelled girdle of Andromeda. It is said to bless those born near it with beauty and an eye for art.

Mirach sits at 0° Taurus.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On April 20 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Aries, the ram, even though the sign is Taurus. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

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April 20 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving too. Open your decade to see where they were on your birthday. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so if the Moon changed sign that day, your birth time and place decide which side of the line you were born on.

The 1940s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1940Virgo, then Libra from 01:23AriesGemini
1941AquariusAriesTaurus
1942GeminiAriesPisces
1943Libra, then Scorpio from 12:04TaurusGemini
1944Pisces, then Aries from 15:36TaurusAries
1945LeoAries, retrogradeAries
1946SagittariusAriesTaurus
1947AriesAriesPisces
1948VirgoAriesGemini
1949Capricorn, then Aquarius from 04:00TaurusTaurus
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950Taurus, then Gemini from 03:55TaurusPisces
1951LibraTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1952PiscesAriesAries
1953Cancer, then Leo from 23:27AriesAries
1954Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 22:55AriesTaurus
1955Pisces, then Aries from 09:30AriesPisces
1956Leo, then Virgo from 06:17TaurusGemini
1957CapricornTaurusTaurus
1958TaurusAries, retrogradePisces
1959VirgoAriesGemini
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960Aquarius, then Pisces from 19:56AriesAries
1961Gemini, then Cancer from 04:50AriesAries
1962Libra, then Scorpio from 01:37TaurusTaurus
1963PiscesTaurusPisces
1964LeoTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1965SagittariusAries, retrogradeTaurus
1966Aries, then Taurus from 20:01AriesPisces
1967Leo, then Virgo from 05:43AriesGemini
1968AquariusAriesAries
1969GeminiTaurusAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970LibraTaurusTaurus
1971Aquarius, then Pisces from 20:08Aries, retrogradePisces
1972Cancer, then Leo from 11:47AriesGemini
1973Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 06:02AriesTaurus
1974Pisces, then Aries from 00:20AriesPisces
1975LeoTaurusGemini
1976CapricornTaurusAries
1977TaurusTaurus, retrogradeAries
1978Virgo, then Libra from 18:53Aries, retrogradeTaurus
1979AquariusAriesPisces
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980CancerAriesGemini
1981ScorpioAriesTaurus
1982PiscesTaurusPisces
1983Cancer, then Leo from 09:27TaurusGemini
1984Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 09:11Taurus, retrogradeAries
1985Aries, then Taurus from 05:13AriesAries
1986Leo, then Virgo from 00:24AriesTaurus
1987Capricorn, then Aquarius from 21:46AriesPisces
1988GeminiTaurusGemini
1989LibraTaurusTaurus
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990Aquarius, then Pisces from 17:57TaurusPisces
1991CancerAries, retrogradeGemini
1992SagittariusAriesAries
1993AriesAriesAries
1994LeoAriesTaurus
1995CapricornTaurusPisces
1996Taurus, then Gemini from 09:55TaurusGemini
1997Virgo, then Libra from 04:37Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
1998AquariusAriesPisces
1999Gemini, then Cancer from 11:28AriesGemini
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000ScorpioAriesAries
2001PiscesAriesAries
2002Cancer, then Leo from 12:21TaurusTaurus
2003SagittariusTaurusPisces
2004TaurusAries, retrogradeGemini
2005VirgoAriesTaurus
2006CapricornAriesPisces
2007GeminiAriesGemini
2008Libra, then Scorpio from 09:01TaurusAries
2009Aquarius, then Pisces from 05:56TaurusPisces
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010CancerTaurus, retrogradeTaurus
2011Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 06:50Aries, retrogradePisces
2012AriesAriesGemini
2013LeoAriesTaurus
2014Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 01:28AriesPisces
2015Taurus, then Gemini from 23:28TaurusGemini
2016LibraTaurusAries
2017AquariusTaurus, retrogradePisces
2018Gemini, then Cancer from 14:27AriesTaurus
2019ScorpioAriesPisces
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020Pisces, then Aries from 07:01AriesGemini
2021Cancer, then Leo from 06:11TaurusTaurus
2022SagittariusTaurusPisces
2023Aries, then Taurus from 04:30TaurusGemini
2024VirgoAries, retrogradeAries
2025Capricorn, then Aquarius from 23:22AriesPisces

Moon at midnight and the minute it changed sign, Mercury and Venus at noon, all Greenwich time. Your exact placements need your birth time and place. Find your exact Moon sign

Eclipses on April 20

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on April 20, Greenwich time.

  • 2023, total solar eclipse at 04:16
  • 2042, total solar eclipse at 02:16

How common is a April 20 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 10,714 babies were born on April 20 each year. That makes it number 328 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 4% fewer than an average day.

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The Taurus in you

Your gift

Steadiness. People rest in your presence the way they rest under an old tree.

Your growing edge

Change. You can hold on long after something has stopped feeding you.

Your decan, the first part of Taurus

Ruled by Venus

Venus holds both the sign and this first decan, so nothing in you is diluted. Pleasure, beauty and comfort are how you know you are alive, which makes them necessities in your house.

Read about the first decan of Taurus

Born before the Sun reached Taurus? Your story still belongs to Aries. Read your Aries birthday

When the Sun changed sign, year by year

Every year the Sun crossed from Aries into Taurus around April 20. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so add or subtract your birthplace's offset. Find your year to see which side you were born on.

1930Apr 20, 20:06
1931Apr 21, 01:39
1932Apr 20, 07:28
1933Apr 20, 13:18
1934Apr 20, 18:59
1935Apr 21, 00:50
1936Apr 20, 06:30
1937Apr 20, 12:18
1938Apr 20, 18:14
1939Apr 20, 23:54
1940Apr 20, 05:50
1941Apr 20, 11:50
1942Apr 20, 17:38
1943Apr 20, 23:31
1944Apr 20, 05:17
1945Apr 20, 11:07
1946Apr 20, 17:02
1947Apr 20, 22:39
1948Apr 20, 04:24
1949Apr 20, 10:17
1950Apr 20, 15:59
1951Apr 20, 21:48
1952Apr 20, 03:36
1953Apr 20, 09:25
1954Apr 20, 15:19
1955Apr 20, 20:57
1956Apr 20, 02:43
1957Apr 20, 08:41
1958Apr 20, 14:26
1959Apr 20, 20:16
1960Apr 20, 02:05
1961Apr 20, 07:55
1962Apr 20, 13:50
1963Apr 20, 19:35
1964Apr 20, 01:27
1965Apr 20, 07:26
1966Apr 20, 13:11
1967Apr 20, 18:55
1968Apr 20, 00:40
1969Apr 20, 06:26
1970Apr 20, 12:14
1971Apr 20, 17:53
1972Apr 19, 23:37
1973Apr 20, 05:30
1974Apr 20, 11:18
1975Apr 20, 17:07
1976Apr 19, 23:02
1977Apr 20, 04:57
1978Apr 20, 10:49
1979Apr 20, 16:35
1980Apr 19, 22:22
1981Apr 20, 04:18
1982Apr 20, 10:07
1983Apr 20, 15:49
1984Apr 19, 21:37
1985Apr 20, 03:25
1986Apr 20, 09:12
1987Apr 20, 14:57
1988Apr 19, 20:45
1989Apr 20, 02:38
1990Apr 20, 08:26
1991Apr 20, 14:08
1992Apr 19, 19:57
1993Apr 20, 01:49
1994Apr 20, 07:36
1995Apr 20, 13:21
1996Apr 19, 19:09
1997Apr 20, 01:02
1998Apr 20, 06:56
1999Apr 20, 12:46
2000Apr 19, 18:39
2001Apr 20, 00:35
2002Apr 20, 06:20
2003Apr 20, 12:03
2004Apr 19, 17:50
2005Apr 19, 23:37
2006Apr 20, 05:25
2007Apr 20, 11:07
2008Apr 19, 16:51
2009Apr 19, 22:44
2010Apr 20, 04:29
2011Apr 20, 10:17
2012Apr 19, 16:12
2013Apr 19, 22:03
2014Apr 20, 03:55
2015Apr 20, 09:41
2016Apr 19, 15:29
2017Apr 19, 21:26
2018Apr 20, 03:12
2019Apr 20, 08:54
2020Apr 19, 14:45
2021Apr 19, 20:33
2022Apr 20, 02:24
2023Apr 20, 08:13
2024Apr 19, 13:59
2025Apr 19, 19:56
2026Apr 20, 01:39
2027Apr 20, 07:17
2028Apr 19, 13:09
2029Apr 19, 18:55
2030Apr 20, 00:43
2031Apr 20, 06:30
2032Apr 19, 12:13
2033Apr 19, 18:12
2034Apr 20, 00:03
2035Apr 20, 05:49
2036Apr 19, 11:50
2037Apr 19, 17:40
2038Apr 19, 23:28
2039Apr 20, 05:17
2040Apr 19, 10:59
2041Apr 19, 16:54
2042Apr 19, 22:39
2043Apr 20, 04:13
2044Apr 19, 10:06
2045Apr 19, 15:52
2046Apr 19, 21:38
2047Apr 20, 03:32
2049Apr 19, 15:13
2050Apr 19, 21:02

Questions about April 20

What zodiac sign is April 20?

If you were born on April 20, your Sun sign is Aries or Taurus. This is a cusp day, when the Sun crosses from one sign into the next at a different hour each year.

Is April 20 a cusp birthday?

Yes. The Sun moves from Aries into Taurus around this day, at a different hour each year, so people born on April 20 can be either sign. Check your birth year above to see which you are.

What is the birthday star for April 20?

Each year the Sun meets Mirach on your birthday. The jewelled girdle of Andromeda. It is said to bless those born near it with beauty and an eye for art.

What was the Moon sign on April 20?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On April 20 2024 the Moon was in Virgo, and on April 20 2022 it was in Sagittarius. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on April 20?

On April 20 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Aries, the ram, even though the sign is Taurus. Astrologers' signs follow the seasons, and over two thousand years the seasons have slipped about a whole sign against the stars.

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