Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1908: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on August 19, 1908Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 August 1908388,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
388,608 km241,469 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 18, 190821:25
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 26, 190822:59

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1908 to the new moon of August 26, 1908, a cycle of 29.65 days.