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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1921: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Full Moon at

15:28UTC

Moon phase on August 18, 1921Full Moon

Thursday 18 August 1921405,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 1921, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
405,997 km252,275 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 405,895 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 2, 1921 at 03:33 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 10, 192114:13
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, August 18, 192115:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 26, 192112:51

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 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.