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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1922: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on August 31, 1922Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 August 1922389,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
389,523 km242,038 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1922 is on Wednesday, September 6, 1922 at 07:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 22, 1922 at 20:34 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 29, 192211:55
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 6, 192207:47

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1922 to the new moon of September 21, 1922, a cycle of 29.34 days.