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The Moon on Friday, August 23, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on August 23, 1918Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 August 1918361,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 23, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
361,177 km224,425 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1918 is on Thursday, August 22, 1918 at 05:02 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 1918 at 10:44 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 22, 191805:02
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 28, 191819:27

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Friday, August 23, 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.