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The Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1915: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on August 21, 1915Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 August 1915368,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 21, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
368,523 km228,989 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 18, 191502:17
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 24, 191521:40

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Saturday, August 21, 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.