Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on August 24, 1933Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 August 1933380,440 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
380,440 km236,395 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1933 is on Monday, September 4, 1933 at 05:04 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 1933 at 05:48 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 21, 193305:48
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 28, 193310:13

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 1933 to the new moon of September 19, 1933, a cycle of 29.52 days.