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The Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1921: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 1921Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 August 1921390,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 24, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
390,442 km242,609 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1921 is on Thursday, August 18, 1921 at 15:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 2, 1921 at 03:33 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Wednesday, August 24, 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.