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The Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1934: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on August 8, 1934Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 August 1934406,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 8, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
406,294 km252,459 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1934 is on Thursday, July 26, 1934 at 12:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 10, 1934 at 08:46 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Wednesday, August 8, 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.