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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on August 15, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 August 1918397,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
397,405 km246,936 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1918 is on Thursday, August 22, 1918 at 05:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 1918 at 20:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 14, 191823:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 22, 191805:02

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 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.