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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on July 20, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 July 1945398,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
398,715 km247,750 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1945 is on Wednesday, July 25, 1945 at 02:26 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 1945 at 13:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 17, 194507:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 25, 194502:26

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1945 to the new moon of August 8, 1945, a cycle of 29.46 days.