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The Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on August 22, 1928Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 August 1928403,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 22, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
403,671 km250,829 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Wednesday, August 22, 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.