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The Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1916: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Last Quarter at

12:53UTC

Moon phase on August 20, 1916Last Quarter

Sunday 20 August 1916395,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 20, 1916, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
395,776 km245,924 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 13, 191612:00
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 20, 191612:53
New Moon (after)Monday, August 28, 191617:24

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Sunday, August 20, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 1916 to the new moon of August 28, 1916, a cycle of 29.63 days.