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The Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1922Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 August 1922358,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 23, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
358,864 km222,987 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1922 is on Wednesday, September 6, 1922 at 07:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 22, 1922 at 20:34 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 22, 192220:34
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 29, 192211:55

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Wednesday, August 23, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1922 to the new moon of September 21, 1922, a cycle of 29.34 days.