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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 1912Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 August 1912361,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
361,640 km224,713 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 12, 191219:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 19, 191216:56

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1912 to the new moon of September 11, 1912, a cycle of 29.33 days.