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The Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1924: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 5, 1924Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 August 1924379,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 5, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
379,966 km236,100 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 31, 1924 at 19:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 31, 192419:42
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 8, 192403:41

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Tuesday, August 5, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1924 to the new moon of August 30, 1924, a cycle of 29.54 days.