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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on August 20, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 August 1926366,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
366,959 km228,018 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 16, 192616:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 23, 192612:38

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1926 to the new moon of September 7, 1926, a cycle of 29.66 days.