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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 20, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 August 1918370,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
370,095 km229,966 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1918 is on Thursday, August 22, 1918 at 05:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 1918 at 20:29 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 14, 191823:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 22, 191805:02

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1918 to the new moon of September 5, 1918, a cycle of 29.59 days.