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The Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on August 2, 1928Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 August 1928385,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 2, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
385,369 km239,457 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 1, 192815:31
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 8, 192817:24

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Thursday, August 2, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1928 to the new moon of August 15, 1928, a cycle of 29.38 days.