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The Moon on Monday, August 5, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on August 5, 1912Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 August 1912386,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 5, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
386,976 km240,456 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1912 is on Monday, July 29, 1912 at 04:28 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 29, 191204:28
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 6, 191204:17

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Monday, August 5, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1912 to the new moon of August 12, 1912, a cycle of 29.28 days.