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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on August 31, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 August 1944364,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
364,137 km226,264 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1944 is on Saturday, September 2, 1944 at 20:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 26, 194423:39
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 2, 194420:21

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 1944 to the new moon of September 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.68 days.