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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on August 15, 1915Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 August 1915375,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
375,677 km233,435 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 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.