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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1905: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 24, 1905Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 August 1905395,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
395,482 km245,741 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 23, 190506:10
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 30, 190513:13

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1905 to the new moon of August 30, 1905, a cycle of 29.38 days.