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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on August 29, 1908Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 August 1908403,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
403,061 km250,451 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1908 is on Thursday, September 10, 1908 at 12:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 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.