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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on August 12, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 August 1916359,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
359,118 km223,146 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 6, 191621:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 13, 191612:00

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 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.