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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1923Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 August 1923367,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
367,606 km228,420 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1923 is on Sunday, August 26, 1923 at 10:29 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 1923 at 11:16 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 12, 192311:16
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 19, 192306:07

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1923 to the new moon of September 10, 1923, a cycle of 29.40 days.