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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on August 28, 1908Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 August 1908404,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
404,891 km251,587 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1908 is on Thursday, September 10, 1908 at 12:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 26, 190822:59
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 3, 190820:51

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1908 to the new moon of September 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.67 days.