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The Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 August 1912405,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 24, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,743 km252,117 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Saturday, August 24, 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.