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The Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on August 5, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 August 1914385,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 5, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
385,134 km239,311 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1914 is on Thursday, August 6, 1914 at 00:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1914 at 02:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Wednesday, August 5, 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.