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The Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1920: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on August 8, 1920Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 August 1920370,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 8, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
370,621 km230,293 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1920 is on Friday, July 30, 1920 at 23:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 14, 1920 at 03:44 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 7, 192012:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 14, 192003:44

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Sunday, August 8, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1920 to the new moon of August 14, 1920, a cycle of 29.30 days.