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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 9, 1921Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 August 1921380,181 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
380,181 km236,234 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 3, 1921 at 20:17 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 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.