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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1941: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on August 16, 1941Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 August 1941402,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
402,260 km249,953 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 15, 194101:40
New Moon (after)Friday, August 22, 194118:34

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.