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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1924: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1924Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 August 1924404,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
404,387 km251,274 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 1924 at 08:37 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 22, 192409:10
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 30, 192408:37

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.