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The Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 1933: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on August 2, 1933Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 August 1933363,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 2, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,598 km225,929 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1933 is on Saturday, August 5, 1933 at 19:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 22, 1933 at 16:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 30, 193304:44
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 5, 193319:32

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Wednesday, August 2, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 1933 to the new moon of August 21, 1933, a cycle of 29.57 days.