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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 2019Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 August 2019402,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
402,285 km249,968 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 15, 201912:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 23, 201914:56

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2019 to the new moon of August 30, 2019, a cycle of 29.31 days.