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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 24, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 August 1920404,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
404,741 km251,494 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1920 is on Sunday, August 29, 1920 at 13:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 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.