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The Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1919: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on August 21, 1919Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 August 1919372,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 21, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
372,544 km231,488 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 18, 191915:56
New Moon (after)Monday, August 25, 191915:37

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Thursday, August 21, 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.