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The Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1908: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on August 22, 1908Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 August 1908401,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 22, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
401,268 km249,336 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Saturday, August 22, 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.