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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1908: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on August 23, 1908Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 August 1908403,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
403,779 km250,897 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 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.