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The Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on August 21, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 August 1937385,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 21, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
385,916 km239,797 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1937 is on Sunday, August 22, 1937 at 00:47 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 4, 1937 at 22:54 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 14, 193702:28
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 22, 193700:47

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Saturday, August 21, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1937 to the new moon of September 4, 1937, a cycle of 29.43 days.