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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on August 18, 1916Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 August 1916384,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.3% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
384,933 km239,186 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 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.