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The Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 22, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 August 1942365,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 22, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,287 km226,979 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 1942 at 02:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 19, 194211:31
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 26, 194203:46

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Saturday, August 22, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1942 to the new moon of September 10, 1942, a cycle of 29.56 days.