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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1921: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1921Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 August 1921394,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
394,667 km245,234 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 2, 1921 at 03:33 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 18, 192115:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 26, 192112:51

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 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.