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The Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on August 7, 1918Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 7 August 1918396,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 7, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
396,900 km246,622 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1918 is on Tuesday, July 23, 1918 at 20:34 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 1918 at 20:29 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 6, 191820:29
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 14, 191823:16

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Wednesday, August 7, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1918 to the new moon of September 5, 1918, a cycle of 29.59 days.