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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on August 18, 1909Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 August 1909404,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1909, 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
404,814 km251,540 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1909 is on Tuesday, August 31, 1909 at 05:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 15, 1909 at 23:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 15, 190923:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 24, 190903:55

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1909 to the new moon of September 14, 1909, a cycle of 29.63 days.