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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1919: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 20, 1919Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 August 1919371,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.7% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
371,108 km230,596 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 18, 191915:56
New Moon (after)Monday, August 25, 191915:37

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1919 to the new moon of August 25, 1919, a cycle of 29.43 days.