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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 15, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 August 1921404,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
404,781 km251,519 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 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.