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The Moon on Monday, August 6, 1934: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on August 6, 1934Waning Crescent

Monday 6 August 1934404,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 6, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
404,125 km251,112 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1934 is on Thursday, July 26, 1934 at 12:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 10, 1934 at 08:46 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 2, 193406:27
New Moon (after)Friday, August 10, 193408:46

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Monday, August 6, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1934 to the new moon of August 10, 1934, a cycle of 29.65 days.