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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1919: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1919Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 August 1919377,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
377,148 km234,349 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.