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The Moon on Monday, August 31, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on August 31, 1908Waxing Crescent

Monday 31 August 1908397,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 31, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
397,286 km246,862 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1908 is on Thursday, September 10, 1908 at 12:23 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Monday, August 31, 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.