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The Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1923: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on August 9, 1923Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 August 1923388,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 9, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
388,933 km241,672 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1923 is on Friday, July 27, 1923 at 22:32 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 1923 at 11:16 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Thursday, August 9, 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.