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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1919: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on August 16, 1919Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 August 1919370,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
370,577 km230,266 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 11, 191917:39
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 18, 191915:56

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.