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The Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

29.9days

Moon phase on August 4, 1921Waxing Crescent

Thursday 4 August 1921357,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 4, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
357,482 km222,129 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 3, 1921 at 20:17 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 3, 192120:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 10, 192114:13

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Thursday, August 4, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1921 to the new moon of September 2, 1921, a cycle of 29.30 days.