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The Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1919: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 6, 1919Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 August 1919401,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 6, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.3% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
401,968 km249,771 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 27, 1919 at 05:22 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 3, 191920:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 11, 191917:39

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Wednesday, August 6, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1919 to the new moon of August 25, 1919, a cycle of 29.43 days.