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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1915: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on August 28, 1915Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 August 1915393,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
393,085 km244,252 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 9, 1915 at 10:52 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 24, 191521:40
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 1, 191514:56

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.