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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on August 20, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 August 1937390,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
390,015 km242,344 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1937 is on Sunday, August 22, 1937 at 00:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 6, 1937 at 12:37 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 14, 193702:28
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 193700:47

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1937 to the new moon of September 4, 1937, a cycle of 29.43 days.