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The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1914: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 1914Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 August 1914378,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
378,678 km235,299 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1914 is on Thursday, August 6, 1914 at 00:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 21, 1914 at 12:26 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 14, 191400:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 21, 191412:26

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1914 to the new moon of August 21, 1914, a cycle of 29.41 days.