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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on August 12, 1915Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 August 1915384,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
384,785 km239,094 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 10, 191522:52
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 18, 191502:17

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1915 to the new moon of September 9, 1915, a cycle of 29.50 days.