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The Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on August 8, 1918Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 August 1918399,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 8, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
399,891 km248,481 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1918 is on Thursday, August 22, 1918 at 05:02 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 1918 at 20:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 6, 191820:29
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 14, 191823:16

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Thursday, August 8, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1918 to the new moon of September 5, 1918, a cycle of 29.59 days.