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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 14 August 1921402,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
402,793 km250,284 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 3, 1921 at 20:17 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 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.