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The Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on August 21, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 August 1912399,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 21, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
399,161 km248,027 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 19, 191216:56
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 27, 191219:59

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Wednesday, August 21, 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.