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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1923Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 August 1923369,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
369,297 km229,470 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1923 is on Sunday, August 26, 1923 at 10:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 1923 at 11:16 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 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.