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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on August 19, 1943Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 August 1943371,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
371,964 km231,128 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 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.