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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 August 1912394,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.1% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
394,938 km245,403 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 19, 191216:56
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 27, 191219:59

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1912 to the new moon of September 11, 1912, a cycle of 29.33 days.