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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 20, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 August 2013363,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
363,833 km226,075 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 14, 201310:56
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 21, 201301:45

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.