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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1916: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 1916Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 August 1916405,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
405,501 km251,966 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 20, 191612:53
New Moon (after)Monday, August 28, 191617:24

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 1916 to the new moon of August 28, 1916, a cycle of 29.63 days.