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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1909: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

First Quarter at

03:55UTC

Moon phase on August 24, 1909First Quarter

Tuesday 24 August 1909394,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 1909, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
394,359 km245,044 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1909 is on Tuesday, August 31, 1909 at 05:08 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 15, 1909 at 23:55 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 15, 190923:55
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 24, 190903:55
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 31, 190905:08

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 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.