Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1933: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on August 12, 1933Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 August 1933398,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
398,913 km247,873 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1933 is on Saturday, August 5, 1933 at 19:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 1933 at 05:48 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 5, 193319:32
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 13, 193303:49

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 1933 to the new moon of August 21, 1933, a cycle of 29.57 days.