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The Moon on Friday, August 2, 1918: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on August 2, 1918Waning Crescent

Friday 2 August 1918379,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 2, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
379,952 km236,091 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1918 is on Tuesday, July 23, 1918 at 20:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 1918 at 20:29 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 30, 191813:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 6, 191820:29

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Friday, August 2, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1918 to the new moon of August 6, 1918, a cycle of 29.51 days.