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The Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on August 19, 1928Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 August 1928395,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 19, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
395,699 km245,876 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Sunday, August 19, 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.