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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1933: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on August 16, 1933Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 August 1933404,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
404,388 km251,275 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1933 is on Saturday, August 5, 1933 at 19:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 1933 at 05:48 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 13, 193303:49
New Moon (after)Monday, August 21, 193305:48

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 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.