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The Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 1911: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1911Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 August 1911367,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 23, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
367,565 km228,394 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1911 is on Thursday, August 10, 1911 at 02:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 24, 1911 at 04:14 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 17, 191112:11
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 24, 191104:14

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Wednesday, August 23, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1911 to the new moon of August 24, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.