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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1918: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on August 29, 1918Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 August 1918378,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
378,374 km235,110 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1918 is on Thursday, August 22, 1918 at 05:02 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 1918 at 10:44 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 28, 191819:27
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 5, 191810:44

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 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.