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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1943: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Full Moon at

19:34UTC

Moon phase on August 15, 1943Full Moon

Sunday 15 August 1943357,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 1943, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
357,459 km222,115 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 357,647 km from Earth. SupermoonPartial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 1, 1943 at 04:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 9, 194303:36
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, August 15, 194319:34
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 22, 194316:05

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 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.