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The Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1915: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 5, 1915Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 August 1915404,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 5, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
404,646 km251,435 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1915 is on Monday, July 26, 1915 at 12:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 2, 191521:27
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 10, 191522:52

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Thursday, August 5, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 12, 1915 to the new moon of August 10, 1915, a cycle of 29.56 days.