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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1914: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 1914Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 August 1914373,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
373,808 km232,274 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1914 is on Thursday, August 6, 1914 at 00:40 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 21, 1914 at 12:26 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 14, 191400:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 21, 191412:26

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1914 to the new moon of August 21, 1914, a cycle of 29.41 days.