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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1915: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on August 23, 1915Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 August 1915372,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
372,020 km231,162 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 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.