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The Moon on Monday, August 21, 1916: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on August 21, 1916Waning Crescent

Monday 21 August 1916399,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 21, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.7% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
399,888 km248,479 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 20, 191612:53
New Moon (after)Monday, August 28, 191617:24

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Monday, August 21, 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.