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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 22, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 August 1912402,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.2% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
402,372 km250,022 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.