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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1922: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1922Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 August 1922391,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
391,689 km243,384 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1922 is on Monday, August 7, 1922 at 16:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 22, 1922 at 20:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 15, 192220:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 22, 192220:34

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1922 to the new moon of August 22, 1922, a cycle of 29.32 days.