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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 2020Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 August 2020364,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
364,144 km226,268 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 02:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 19, 202002:42
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 25, 202017:58

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2020 to the new moon of September 17, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.