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The Moon on Friday, August 21, 1908: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on August 21, 1908Waning Crescent

Friday 21 August 1908397,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 21, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
397,885 km247,234 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Friday, August 21, 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.