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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on August 20, 1948Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 August 1948406,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
406,382 km252,514 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 19, 194817:32
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 27, 194818:46

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1948 to the new moon of September 3, 1948, a cycle of 29.30 days.