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The Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1914: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on August 16, 1914Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 August 1914394,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 16, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
394,281 km244,995 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1914 is on Thursday, August 6, 1914 at 00:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 21, 1914 at 12:26 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Sunday, August 16, 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.