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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on July 20, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 July 1918388,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
388,042 km241,118 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1918 is on Tuesday, July 23, 1918 at 20:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 1918 at 08:22 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 16, 191806:25
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 23, 191820:34

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1918 to the new moon of August 6, 1918, a cycle of 29.51 days.