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The Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1923: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on August 2, 1923Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 August 1923402,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 2, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
402,250 km249,947 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1923 is on Friday, July 27, 1923 at 22:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 1923 at 11:16 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 27, 192322:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 4, 192319:22

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Thursday, August 2, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1923 to the new moon of August 12, 1923, a cycle of 29.44 days.