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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 August 1920404,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
404,520 km251,357 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1920 is on Sunday, August 29, 1920 at 13:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 21, 192010:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 29, 192013:03

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 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.