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The Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1916: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 22, 1916Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 August 1916402,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 22, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
402,894 km250,347 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Tuesday, August 22, 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.