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The Moon on Friday, August 5, 1932: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on August 5, 1932Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 August 1932372,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 5, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
372,022 km231,164 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1932 is on Tuesday, August 16, 1932 at 07:42 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 1932 at 09:42 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 2, 193209:42
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 9, 193207:40

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Friday, August 5, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1932 to the new moon of August 31, 1932, a cycle of 29.43 days.