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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1913: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 1913Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 August 1913369,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 1913, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
369,965 km229,885 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1913 is on Saturday, August 16, 1913 at 20:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 31, 1913 at 20:38 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 25, 191300:18
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 31, 191320:38

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 1913 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1913 to the new moon of August 31, 1913, a cycle of 29.32 days.