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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on July 16, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 July 1921398,325 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
398,325 km247,508 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1921 is on Wednesday, July 20, 1921 at 00:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 5, 1921 at 13:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 12, 192104:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 20, 192100:07

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1921 to the new moon of August 3, 1921, a cycle of 29.28 days.