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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1915: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

First Quarter at

02:17UTC

Moon phase on August 18, 1915First Quarter

Wednesday 18 August 1915369,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1915, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
369,682 km229,710 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 10, 191522:52
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 18, 191502:17
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 24, 191521:40

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 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.