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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on August 8, 1941Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 August 1941385,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
385,090 km239,284 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 7, 194105:38
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 15, 194101:40

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1941 to the new moon of August 22, 1941, a cycle of 29.45 days.