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The Moon on Monday, August 16, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on August 16, 1943Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 August 1943358,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 16, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
358,711 km222,892 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 15, 194319:34
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 22, 194316:05

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Monday, August 16, 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.