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The Moon on Friday, August 12, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 August 1921396,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
396,119 km246,137 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 3, 1921 at 20:17 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 10, 192114:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 18, 192115:28

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1921 to the new moon of September 2, 1921, a cycle of 29.30 days.