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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1912: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on August 9, 1912Waning Crescent

Friday 9 August 1912364,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
364,874 km226,722 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1912 is on Monday, July 29, 1912 at 04:28 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 6, 191204:17
New Moon (after)Monday, August 12, 191219:57

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1912 to the new moon of August 12, 1912, a cycle of 29.28 days.