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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on August 12, 1941Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 August 1941401,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
401,016 km249,180 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 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.