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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1923: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1923Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 August 1923381,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
381,607 km237,120 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1923 is on Sunday, August 26, 1923 at 10:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 1923 at 11:16 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 19, 192306:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 26, 192310:29

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 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.