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The Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 16, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 August 1921405,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 16, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
405,932 km252,234 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 3, 1921 at 20:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Tuesday, August 16, 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.