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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on August 16, 1924Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 August 1924378,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
378,199 km235,002 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 1924 at 08:37 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 14, 192420:19
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 22, 192409:10

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1924 to the new moon of August 30, 1924, a cycle of 29.54 days.