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The Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1928: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 9, 1928Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 August 1928369,389 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 9, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
369,389 km229,528 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 8, 192817:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 15, 192813:49

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Thursday, August 9, 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.