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The Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1924: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on August 9, 1924Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 August 1924368,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 9, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
368,188 km228,781 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 8, 192403:41
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 14, 192420:19

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Saturday, August 9, 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.