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The Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1925: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on August 16, 1925Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 August 1925405,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 16, 1925, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
405,989 km252,269 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1925 is on Tuesday, August 4, 1925 at 11:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 19, 1925 at 13:15 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 11, 192509:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 19, 192513:15

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Sunday, August 16, 1925 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1925 to the new moon of August 19, 1925, a cycle of 29.65 days.