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The Moon on Friday, August 16, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on August 16, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 August 1918392,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 16, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
392,679 km243,999 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1918 is on Thursday, August 22, 1918 at 05:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 1918 at 20:29 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Friday, August 16, 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.