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The Moon on Friday, August 24, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on August 24, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 August 1928403,105 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 24, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
403,105 km250,478 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 15, 1928 at 13:49 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 23, 192808:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 31, 192802:34

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Friday, August 24, 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.