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The Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on October 20, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 October 1926361,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 20, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
361,320 km224,514 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1926 is on Thursday, October 21, 1926 at 05:15 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 1926 at 22:13 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 14, 192614:28
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 21, 192605:15

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Wednesday, October 20, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1926 to the new moon of November 5, 1926, a cycle of 29.68 days.