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The Moon on Friday, August 6, 1920: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on August 6, 1920Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 August 1920378,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 6, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
378,889 km235,431 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1920 is on Friday, July 30, 1920 at 23:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Friday, August 6, 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.