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The Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on August 1, 1916Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 1 August 1916400,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 1, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
400,554 km248,893 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 30, 1916 at 02:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 30, 191602:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 6, 191621:05

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Tuesday, August 1, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 1916 to the new moon of August 28, 1916, a cycle of 29.63 days.