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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 15, 1912Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 August 1912366,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
366,139 km227,508 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 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.