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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 1920Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 August 1920370,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
370,015 km229,916 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1920 is on Sunday, August 29, 1920 at 13:03 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 14, 192003:44
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 21, 192010:52

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 1920 to the new moon of September 12, 1920, a cycle of 29.38 days.