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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on August 26, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 August 1920402,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
402,055 km249,825 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1920 is on Sunday, August 29, 1920 at 13:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 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.