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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on August 20, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 August 2021372,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
372,753 km231,618 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2021 is on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 15, 202115:20
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 202112:02

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2021 to the new moon of September 7, 2021, a cycle of 29.46 days.