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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1924: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 1924Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 August 1924392,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
392,992 km244,194 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1924 is on Thursday, August 14, 1924 at 20:19 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 1924 at 08:37 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.