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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 August 1920396,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
396,466 km246,353 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1920 is on Sunday, August 29, 1920 at 13:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.