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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1915: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on August 20, 1915Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 August 1915368,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
368,168 km228,769 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 18, 191502:17
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 24, 191521:40

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1915 to the new moon of September 9, 1915, a cycle of 29.50 days.