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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 August 1943364,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
364,618 km226,563 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 1, 1943 at 04:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 9, 194303:36
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 15, 194319:34

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1943 to the new moon of August 30, 1943, a cycle of 29.66 days.