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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on August 16, 1916Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 August 1916372,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
372,801 km231,648 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 13, 191612:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 20, 191612:53

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 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.