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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 August 1942369,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
369,076 km229,333 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 1942 at 02:28 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 19, 194211:31
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 26, 194203:46

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1942 to the new moon of September 10, 1942, a cycle of 29.56 days.