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The Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1912: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Last Quarter at

04:17UTC

Moon phase on August 6, 1912Last Quarter

Tuesday 6 August 1912381,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 6, 1912, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
381,437 km237,014 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1912 is on Monday, July 29, 1912 at 04:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 29, 191204:28
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 6, 191204:17
New Moon (after)Monday, August 12, 191219:57

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Tuesday, August 6, 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.