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The Moon on Monday, August 24, 1908: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on August 24, 1908Waning Crescent

Monday 24 August 1908405,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 24, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
405,456 km251,939 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Monday, August 24, 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.