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The Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1921: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

New Moon at

20:17UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 1921New Moon

Wednesday 3 August 1921357,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 3, 1921, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
357,298 km222,015 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1921 is on Wednesday, July 20, 1921 at 00:07 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 3, 1921 at 20:17 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 28, 192102:20
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, August 3, 192120:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 10, 192114:13

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Wednesday, August 3, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1921 to the new moon of August 3, 1921, a cycle of 29.28 days.