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The Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1914: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 15, 1914Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 August 1914398,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 15, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
398,494 km247,612 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1914 is on Thursday, August 6, 1914 at 00:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 21, 1914 at 12:26 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 14, 191400:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 21, 191412:26

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Saturday, August 15, 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.