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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

29.9days

Moon phase on July 16, 1920Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 July 1920360,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
360,443 km223,969 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1920 is on Friday, July 30, 1920 at 23:19 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 15, 1920 at 20:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 15, 192020:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 22, 192019:20

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1920 to the new moon of August 14, 1920, a cycle of 29.30 days.