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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 1, 1919Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 August 1919398,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
398,031 km247,325 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 27, 1919 at 05:22 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 27, 191905:22
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 3, 191920:11

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1919 to the new moon of August 25, 1919, a cycle of 29.43 days.