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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 August 1991405,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
405,044 km251,682 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 17, 199105:01
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 25, 199109:07

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1991 to the new moon of September 8, 1991, a cycle of 29.36 days.