Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1933: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on August 17, 1933Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 August 1933402,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
402,898 km250,349 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1933 is on Saturday, August 5, 1933 at 19:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 1933 at 05:48 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 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.