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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 27, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 August 1920399,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
399,515 km248,247 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1920 is on Sunday, August 29, 1920 at 13:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 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.