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The Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on August 21, 1924Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 August 1924401,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 21, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
401,246 km249,323 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 1924 at 08:37 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 14, 192420:19
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 22, 192409:10

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Thursday, August 21, 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.