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The Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1904: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on August 20, 1904Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 August 1904391,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 20, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
391,772 km243,436 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1904 is on Friday, August 26, 1904 at 01:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 11, 1904 at 12:58 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 18, 190404:27
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 26, 190401:02

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Saturday, August 20, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1904 to the new moon of September 9, 1904, a cycle of 29.32 days.