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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1921: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 1921Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 1921380,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
380,554 km236,465 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1921 is on Sunday, October 16, 1921 at 22:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 1921 at 23:38 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 16, 192122:59
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 24, 192104:31

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1921 to the new moon of October 30, 1921, a cycle of 29.47 days.