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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on July 23, 1909Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 July 1909404,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
404,726 km251,485 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1909 is on Sunday, August 1, 1909 at 21:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 17, 1909 at 10:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 17, 190910:45
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 25, 190911:45

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1909 to the new moon of August 15, 1909, a cycle of 29.55 days.