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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1914: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

First Quarter at

04:52UTC

Moon phase on August 28, 1914First Quarter

Friday 28 August 1914373,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1914, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
373,101 km231,834 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1914 is on Friday, September 4, 1914 at 14:01 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 21, 1914 at 12:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 21, 191412:26
First Quarter (this day)Friday, August 28, 191404:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 4, 191414:01

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 1914 to the new moon of September 19, 1914, a cycle of 29.38 days.