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The Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1920: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on August 5, 1920Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 August 1920383,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 5, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
383,070 km238,028 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1920 is on Friday, July 30, 1920 at 23:19 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 30, 192023:19
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 7, 192012:50

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Thursday, August 5, 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.