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The Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 1912Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 August 1912394,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 31, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
394,239 km244,968 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 11, 1912 at 03:48 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 27, 191219:59
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 4, 191213:23

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Saturday, August 31, 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.