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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1919: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on August 24, 1919Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 August 1919380,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
380,316 km236,317 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 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.