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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on August 16, 1928Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 August 1928382,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
382,372 km237,595 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 15, 192813:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 23, 192808:21

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1928 to the new moon of September 14, 1928, a cycle of 29.48 days.