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The Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1922: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 5, 1922Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 August 1922394,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 5, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
394,058 km244,856 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1922 is on Monday, August 7, 1922 at 16:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 24, 1922 at 12:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 31, 192204:21
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 7, 192216:19

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Saturday, August 5, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1922 to the new moon of August 22, 1922, a cycle of 29.32 days.