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The Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on August 21, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 August 1918365,708 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 21, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
365,708 km227,240 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1918 is on Thursday, August 22, 1918 at 05:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 1918 at 20:29 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Wednesday, August 21, 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.