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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1924: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 1924Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 August 1924404,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
404,061 km251,072 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 1924 at 08:37 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 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.