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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 1941: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Last Quarter at

01:40UTC

Moon phase on August 15, 1941Last Quarter

Friday 15 August 1941403,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 1941, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
403,834 km250,931 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 7, 194105:38
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, August 15, 194101:40
New Moon (after)Friday, August 22, 194118:34

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 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.