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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 August 1964399,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
399,985 km248,539 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 15, 196403:19
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 23, 196405:25

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1964 to the new moon of September 6, 1964, a cycle of 29.39 days.