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The Moon on Monday, August 6, 1923: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on August 6, 1923Waning Crescent

Monday 6 August 1923401,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 6, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
401,031 km249,189 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 4, 192319:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 12, 192311:16

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Monday, August 6, 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.