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The Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 2, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 August 1914375,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 2, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
375,684 km233,439 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1914 is on Thursday, August 6, 1914 at 00:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1914 at 02:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 29, 191423:51
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 6, 191400:40

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Sunday, August 2, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1914 to the new moon of August 21, 1914, a cycle of 29.41 days.